Respecting and Supporting Home Health Aides

Boerner, Kathrin; Gleason, Hayley; Barooah, Adrita

doi:10.1097/nhh.0000000000000406

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…23 Validating and integrating hospice aides as an IDT member (whether they physically attend the IDT meetings or not) and an agency’s core service culture is likely to improve the quality of patient and family care, and job satisfaction and retention among aides. 33 Future research should also evaluate how the role of hospice aides can be enhanced with improvements in the structure and processes of IDT collaboration and communication across all who interact to provide critical services.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

We're the Eyes and the Ears, but We Don't Have a Voice

Lai

Cloyes

Clayton

et al. 2018

J Hosp Palliat Nurs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Hospice aides are integral to the delivery of home hospice care and play an essential role in the effective communication and collaboration of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Despite their critical role, little is known about hospice aides' perceptions of their role in providing hospice services. This qualitative study explores hospice aides' perspectives of their work, their relationships with patients, families and interdisciplinary team members, and their contributions to end-of-life care. Two focus groups of hospice aides ( = 13), and 16 hours of observation of in-home caregiving were conducted. Focus group data were inductively and iteratively coded, and three themes were identified: 1) "We're the eyes and ears", 2) "We're kept out of the loop", and 3) "We have no voice." Aides described themselves as front-line providers based on the close relationships they formed with patients and family members, yet felt under-recognized by members of the hospice team. Observational field notes were reexamined with themes to confirm convergence of qualitative and observational data. Better understanding of their role could enhance integration of aides into patient- and family-centered team interactions, leading to both improved patient and family outcomes and retention and support of this critical component of the hospice workforce.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%