Care Workers’ Experiences of Emergencies with Korean Older Adults: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Kim, Soon Ok; Bae, Sun Hee

doi:10.17079/jkgn.2022.24.2.151

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“…Swedish municipalities have no assigned responsibility to provide emergency care, and municipal care personnel face emergencies having insufficient knowledge and support [24]. South Korean research displays how panic might be experienced when faced with an older person's emergency, in addition to hardship in even recognising acute illness [25].…”

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Balancing power: Ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation in care in the presence of municipal care personnel

Hjalmarsson

Östlund

Asp

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Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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BackgroundPatient participation is considered to promote well‐being and is, therefore, central in care contexts. Care‐dependent older persons living at home constitute a vulnerable population with increased ambulance care needs. Care transfers risk challenging participation in care, a challenge that can be accentuated in situations involving acute illness.AimTo illuminate meanings of older persons' participation in ambulance care in the presence of municipal care personnel from the perspective of ambulance personnel.MethodA phenomenological hermeneutical method was used to analyse transcripts of narrative interviews with 11 ambulance personnel.ResultsThe ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation includes passive and active dimensions and involves a balancing act between an exercise of power that impedes participation and equalisation of power that empowers participation. The main theme ‘Balancing dignity in relation to manipulating the body’ included the themes Providing a safe haven and Complying with bodily expressions, which means shouldering responsibility for existential well‐being and being guided by reactions. The main theme ‘Balancing influence in relation to perceived health risks’ included the themes Agreeing on a common perspective, Directing decision‐making mandate, and Sharing responsibility for well‐being, which means shouldering responsibility for health focusing on risks. Influence is conditional and includes performance requirements for both the older person and municipal care personnel.ConclusionCare‐dependent older persons' participation in care from the perspective of ambulance personnel means recognising passive and active dimensions involving human dignity, the ability to influence care, and optimising care efforts through collaboration. This study provides a deepened understanding of the balancing of power involved in ambulance care determining participation, where power is equalised or exercised depending on personal engagement, health risks, and available care options. The knowledge provided holds the potential to improve ambulance care to benefit older persons in critical life situations.

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Balancing power: Ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation in care in the presence of municipal care personnel

Hjalmarsson

Östlund

Asp

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Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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What are the home care needs of Chinese healthcare workers: a latent class analysis

Zhou,

Liu,

2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe aging population has led to a surge in demand for home care, which has developed rapidly in China in recent years. However, there has been less empirical research into the needs of healthcare workers about providing home care. The purpose of this study was to explore the latent classes of healthcare workers' needs in primary health care institutions and to identify associated factors.MethodsFrom August 2021 to June 2022, a convenience sampling method was adopted to conduct a questionnaire survey on the workers of 62 primary healthcare institutions in Sichuan Province. Latent class analysis was used to categorize home care needs by Mplus 8.3. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was adopted to explore the influencing factors using SPSS 25.0.ResultsA total of 1,152 healthcare workers were included in the study. Their needs for home care were classified into four latent classes: overall high need group (18.0%); overall low need group (34.8%); high training and low support need group (29.9%), and the high security and low training need group (17.3%). The factors influencing the different need categories included working area, professional title, role of medical workers, had participated in training about home care, and feelings about home care, with Class 1 as the reference group.ConclusionOur findings indicate that primary healthcare workers have multifaceted needs for providing home care. Paying attention to their diverse needs can help optimize home care and enhance service capacity. Exploring the factors affecting needs can provide targeted support to healthcare workers to ensure the quality and continuity of home care services.

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Care Workers’ Experiences of Emergencies with Korean Older Adults: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

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Balancing power: Ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation in care in the presence of municipal care personnel

Balancing power: Ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation in care in the presence of municipal care personnel

What are the home care needs of Chinese healthcare workers: a latent class analysis

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