A qualitative examination of policy and structural factors driving care workers' adverse experiences in long-term residential care facilities for the older adults in Cape Town.

Mapira, Leo; Kelly, Gabrielle; Geffen, Leon N

Mapira, Leo; Kelly, Gabrielle; Geffen, Leon N.

Affiliation

Mapira L; The Samson Institute For Ageing Research, Highlands House, 234 Upper Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, South Africa. lmapira@sifar.org.za.
Kelly G; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, 4.35 Leslie Social Science Building, 12 University Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7701, South Africa. lmapira@sifar.org.za.
Geffen LN; The Samson Institute For Ageing Research, Highlands House, 234 Upper Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, South Africa.

BMC Geriatr ; 19(1): 97, 2019 04 02.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30940078

Subject(s)

Health Personnel/psychology; Health Personnel/standards; Homes for the Aged/standards; Long-Term Care/psychology; Long-Term Care/standards; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Assisted Living Facilities/trends; Female; Health Personnel/trends; Homes for the Aged/trends; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Long-Term Care/trends; Male; Middle Aged; Motivation; Qualitative Research; South Africa/epidemiology

Key words

Care worker; Functional impairment; Long-term care; Older adults; Professional mandates; South Africa; Training curriculum

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Personnel / Long-Term Care / Homes for the Aged Type of study: Qualitative_research Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: BMC Geriatr Journal subject: GERIATRIA Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: South Africa Country of publication: United kingdom

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