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Factors influencing interprofessional collaboration in long-term care from a multidisciplinary perspective: a case study approach
Home Health Care Serv Q. 2024 Mar 24:1-20. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2024.2331452. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSystematic assessments of interprofessional collaboration barriers and enablers in long-term care settings are critical for delivering person-centered healthcare. However, research on factors influencing interprofessional collaboration in long-term care settings is limited. For this study, 65 healthcare professionals across multiple facilities experienced in long-term care in Japan participated in online focus group discussions and individual interviews to discuss cases. The qualitative data were analyzed using qual...
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - March 24, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Yuko Yoshida Yoshihisa Hirakawa Young Jae Hong Md Razib Mamun Hiroko Shimizu Yoshihisa Nakano Hiroshi Yatsuya Source Type: research
Motivation for becoming a paid caregiver for older people: a case study in Phuket Province, Thailand
This study aimed to explore the motivations, attitudes, care management strategies and training needs of paid caregivers. Data were collected through 51 semi-structured interviews with paid caregivers and analyzed using thematic analysis. Their motivations included economic stability, the inability to secure other employment, a desire to secure independence through regularly paid employment and a passion and a love of caring. Their role involved being a key communicator of care between medical personnel and relatives, and participants emphasized the importance of paid caregivers being loving, caring, calm, patient, having ...
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - March 8, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Chayanit Luevanich Ros Kane Aimorn Naklong Prapaipim Surachetkomson Source Type: research
Identifying the process and agency characteristics associated with poor utilization outcomes in home healthcare
This study identified the process and agency characteristics associated with poor utilization outcomes - higher percentages of patients (i) admitted to an acute care organization and (ii) visited an emergency room (ER) unplanned without hospitalization - for home health agencies (HHAs) in the United States. We conducted a secondary analysis of data about HHAs' various characteristics, process adherence levels, and utilization outcomes collected from disparate public repositories for 2010-2022. We developed descriptive tree-based models using HHAs' hospital admission or ER visit percentages as response variables. Across the...
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - January 17, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: G üneş Koru Yili Zhang Holly Felix Source Type: research