From risky to safer home care: Health care assistants striving to overcome a lack of training, supervision, and support

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Swedberg, Lena ^a   Chiriac, Eva Hammar ^b   Törnkvist, Lena ^a   Hylander, Ingrid ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Home care; Home care technology; Paraprofessional caregivers; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOME CARE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAPROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TRAINING NEEDS;

GROUNDED THEORY; HOME CARE; HOME CARE TECHNOLOGY; PARAPROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS; TRAINING NEEDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878947347     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v8i0.20758     Document Type: Article

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