ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2016
Occupational health of home care aides: results of the safe home care survey.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Antecedents of well-being of home care workers: a mixed-methods systematic review.The Gerontologist · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Unions on US Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Settings: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024Pooled it
- Determinants of violence towards care workers working in the home setting: A systematic review.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Risk of Sharps Injuries to Home Care Nurses and Aides: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of the Labor Inspection Authority's regulatory tools on physician-certified sick leave and employee health in Norwegian home-care services - a cluster randomized controlled trial.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Trial
- Effects of the Labour Inspectorate Authority's regulatory tools on psychosocial and biomechanical work factors in Norwegian home care services: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Trial
- Exploring Professionals' Perceptions of the Potential of Digital Twins in Homecare-A Focus Group Study in Sweden.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Respiratory quaternary ammonium and volatile organic compound exposures experienced by home care aides during residential bathroom cleaning using conventional and green products.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Occupational Injuries and Their Determinants Among Healthcare Workers in Western Countries: A Scoping Review.La Medicina del lavoro · 2025Article
- The Safe Home Care Intervention Study: Implementation Methods and Effectiveness Evaluation.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Research on Abuse in Home Care: A Scoping Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
- Exploring a career pathway for home support workers in Ireland: a systematic scoping review of the international evidence.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- National Estimates of Home Care Workers Nonfatal Emergency Department-Treated Injuries, United States 2015-2020.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domiciliary care workers in Wales, UK: a data linkage cohort study using the SAIL Databank.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Aide and Client Safety "Should Go Hand-In-Hand": Qualitative Findings From Home Care Aides, Clients, and Agency Leaders.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Personal Assistants' role in infection prevention and control: Their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Workplace Violence Prevalence and Reporting in Home Health Care.Home health care management & practice · 2022Article
- Work as a Root Cause of Home Health Workers' Poor Health.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- "It changed everything": The safe Home care qualitative study of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on home care aides, clients, and managers.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn countries with ageing populations, home care (HC) aides are among the fastest growing jobs. There are few quantitative studies of HC occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions. The objectives of this study were to: (1) assess quantitatively the OSH hazards and benefits for a wide range of HC working conditions, and (2) compare OSH experiences of HC aides who are employed via different medical and social services systems in Massachusetts, USA.
methodsHC aides were recruited for a survey via agencies that employ aides and schedule their visits with clients, and through a labour union of aides employed directly by clients or their families. The questionnaire included detailed questions about the most recent HC visits, as well as about individual aides' OSH experiences.
resultsThe study population included 1249 HC aides (634 agency-employed, 615 client-employed) contributing information on 3484 HC visits. Hazards occurring most frequently related to musculoskeletal strain, exposure to potentially infectious agents and cleaning chemicals for infection prevention and experience of violence. Client-hired and agency-hired aides had similar OSH experiences with a few exceptions, including use of sharps and experience of verbal violence.
conclusionsThe OSH experience of HC aides is similar to that of aides in institutional healthcare settings. Despite OSH challenges, HC aides enjoy caring for others and the benefits of HC work should be enhanced. Quantification of HC hazards and benefits is useful to prioritise resources for the development of preventive interventions and to provide an evidence base for policy-setting.
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