Book Review: The Caring Class: Home Health Aides in Crisis, by Richard Schweid

ILR Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 001979392110274
Author(s):  
Fiona Williams
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Home Health Aides

Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction Among Agency-Employed Home Health Aides

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seokwon Yoon ◽  
Janice Probst ◽  
Christine DiStefano
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Home Health Aides

Caregiving and Care Receiving Experiences Among Older Chinese Immigrants and Their Home Health Aide

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110506
Author(s):  
Kyeongra Yang ◽  
Ying-Yu Chao ◽  
Peijia Zha ◽  
Weiming Wang ◽  
Young-Shin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Home Health Aides ◽  
Older Chinese

Introduction: There is limited information about how racial and cultural similarities or differences between patient and caregiver may affect quality care. The purpose of this study was to explore caregiving and receiving experiences among older Chinese immigrants and their home health aides by using in-depth interviews in culturally concordant dyads in a community setting. Methodology: A purposive sample of 10 dyads of older Chinese immigrants and their home health aides were recruited using a snowball sampling method ( N = 20). All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and coded for qualitative content analysis. Results: The majority of older adults were female ( n = 8) and their average age was 76.8 years. The following themes emerged: companionship and rapport, reconciling the need for care services with the expectations of family, the value of matched gender, language, and ethnic foodculture, assisting with daily routines, and experiencing caregiving burden due to a dual role. Discussion: This study elucidated the dynamics between care recipients and their caregivers with shared cultural backgrounds.

A Tribute to Home Health Aides Everywhere

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 293-294
Author(s):  
Maureen Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Home Health Aides

Hospice Home Health Aides

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Stephany
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Home Health Aides

“We Take Care of People; What Happens to Us Afterwards?”: Home Health Aides and Bereavement Care in Hospice

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-628
Author(s):  
Angela Ghesquiere ◽  
Ariunsanaa Bagaajav
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Patient Death ◽  
Home Health Aides ◽  
Grief Support ◽  
Hospice Patient ◽  
Grief Responses ◽  
Patient Relationships ◽  
Bereavement Care ◽  
Future Work

After a hospice patient dies, hospice providers can experience a variety of emotional responses. While work has been done on social workers’ and nurses’ reactions to patient death, home health aides (HHAs) have been overlooked. To address this gap, we conducted focus groups and individual qualitative interviews with 14 hospice HHAs. Questions covered HHAs’ grief responses and how they coped with grief. We found a high burden of grief reactions; many HHAs often developed very close patient relationships. HHAs also noted that they often started working with new patients almost immediately after a death, leaving little time to process the loss. However, HHAs found support from other HHAs, their supervisors, as well as family, friends, and spiritual practices to be helpful in coping with their grief. Future work should enhance support to HHAs around patient loss; for example, grief support may be embedded into hospice team activities.

The Effectiveness of Homemaker-Home Health Aides

1978 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-165
Author(s):  
Gary A. Fashimpar ◽  
Richard M. Grinnell
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Home Health Aides
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