Home Care Aide Safety Concerns and Job Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Katie Feistel, Armenda Bialas, Laura Whitaker, Julia Bandini, Julia Rollison, Jason M. Etchegaray |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Transportation Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care Pandemic medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment Personal protective equipment Occupational Health Qualitative Research Aged SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Public health Home Care Aides COVID-19 Home Health Aides General Medicine Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Journaling file system Female Business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 31:20-29 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3772 1048-2911 |
| Popis: | Home care aides are on the frontlines providing care to vulnerable individuals in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic yet are often excluded from policies to protect health care workers. The goal of this study was to examine experiences of agency-employed home care aides during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify ways to mitigate concerns. We used an innovative journaling approach with thirty-seven aides as well as in-depth interviews with fifteen aides and leadership representatives from nine home health agencies in New York and Michigan. Workers described a range of concerns around workplace safety including uncertainty around whether a client had COVID-19, inadequate access to personal protective equipment and safe transportation, as well as fundamental changes to interactions with clients. Agencies also faced challenges acquiring personal protective equipment for their aides. This research points to needed resources to support home care aides and home health agencies both during a public health crisis and in the future. |
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