ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Who Is Doing What in Home Care Services?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Cost-effectiveness of home care compared to hospital care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Application management and effectiveness analysis of intelligent logistics robots in hospital drug and specimen delivery scenarios.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Nurse's scope of practice in home-based care: a qualitative descriptive design - the DECIDE project.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Healthcare personnel's clinical decision-making competence in care for acutely ill older adults in home care: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Examination of the Communication Environment When Applying Removable Dentures as Wearable Devices.Cureus · 2025Article
- Differences in the temporal patterns of occupational time on feet and sitting between homecare and nursing home workers.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- On the move: understanding home care workers' experiences of using various modes of transportation at work in an occupational health perspective.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators of pharmacists' integration in a multidisciplinary home care team: a qualitative interview study based on the normalization process theory.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Managers' perspectives on their role in implementing fall prevention interventions: a qualitative interview study in Norwegian homecare services.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Can home care work be organized to promote health among the workers while maintaining productivity? An investigation into stakeholders' perspectives on organizational work redesign concepts based on the Goldilocks Work principles.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Exploring home-based care nurses' mindset for nursing practices: a phenomenological study.BMC nursing · 2022Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: This paper investigates the distribution of work hours by activity, for the main staff categories in home care services in three rural Norwegian municipalities. In Norway these categories are registered nurses, assistant nurses and assistant health workers. (2) Methods: The three categories of home care staff recorded 20,964 eligible observations over 8 weeks. We identified 19 activities, which were recorded. The majority of staff used a smartphone application for the time measuring, while some staff used a manual form for reporting purposes. (3) Results: The registered nurses (RNs) spent 32% of their time on direct patient work, while driving accounted for 18%. Direct patient work and driving accounted for the majority of activities performed by assistant nurses (48% and 29%, respectively) and assistant health workers (70% and 17%, respectively). (4) Conclusions: The demand for home care services is increasing in terms of both size and complexity. Simultaneously, there is a growing shortage of skilled staff. RNs is the group with the least face-to-face time with patients. To meet the patients' needs, it is necessary to discuss and modify existing home care service systems in order to use resources appropriately and effectively.
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