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The use of information and communication technologies to support working carers of older people – a qualitative secondary analysis. (International journal of older people nursing, 2016, 11(1) pps. 32-43)

Family care support services have mainly focused on older spousal carers of older people and have largely overlooked working carers, whom combine paid work with informal/family care responsibilities. Recently, however, information and communication technology (ICT) systems have been identified as a potentially flexible way of supporting working carers.

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Leveraging the experiences of informal caregivers to create future healthcare workforce options. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016, 64(1) pps. 174-180)

The objective of this study was gather pilot data from informal caregivers regarding the potential for a training program to assist current or past caregivers in reentering the job market, and thus offering a pathway to economic resilience. In an effort that could foster a sustainable and competent caregiving market to help meet the needs of an aging America, whether training informal caregivers might help them transition into a paid caregiving or other health service role was explored.

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Exploring the role of occupation for spouse-carers before and after the death of a spouse with dementia. (British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2016, 79(2) pps. 69-77)

When a person with dementia dies, their former spouse-carer can find their personal resources so depleted that re-engaging in life can be difficult, leaving their mental health vulnerable. This qualitative study aimed to explore whether the occupations of spouse-carers contribute in the transition to the post-care period.

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Meaning creation and employee engagement in home health caregivers. (Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2016, 30(1) pps. 57-64)

The purpose of this study is to contribute to an understanding on how home health caregivers experience engagement in their work, and specifically, how aspects of home healthcare work create meaning associated with employee engagement. Although much research on engagement has been conducted, little has addressed how individual differences such as worker orientation influence engagement, or how engagement is experienced within a caregiving context. The study is based on a qualitative study in two home homecare organisations in Denmark using a think-aloud data technique, interviews and observations. The analysis suggests caregivers experience meaning in three relatively distinct ways, depending on their work orientation. Specifically, the nature of engagement varies across caregivers oriented towards being ‘nurturers’, ‘professionals’, or ‘workers’, and the sources of engagement differ for each of these types of caregivers. The article contributes by (i) advancing our theoretical understanding of employee engagement by emphasising meaning creation and (ii) identifying factors that influence meaning creation and engagement of home health caregivers, which should consequently affect the quality of services provided home healthcare patients.

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Caregivers’ experiences derived from everyday occupations. (Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 2016, 34(1) pps. 71-87)

The stress of caring for others can put caregivers’ health at risk, yet existing occupational therapy interventions largely focus on providing direct care. Capturing caregivers’ daily lived experiences may yield insights enabling occupational therapists (OTs) to better meet a broader scope of their needs. This phenomenological study aimed to uncover the daily occupations and experiences of spousal caregivers (n = 6). Methods: Data were collected over 4 months using a time-use diary (the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile), individual interviews, and a focus group. Results: Inductive content analysis resulted in three themes: caregivers felt conflicted by experiences of pleasure and restoration outside of caregiving, occupational experiences revealed changes in daily patterns of life, and past occupational experiences influenced perceptions of caregiving. Conclusion: These findings emphasize the need for OTs to expand their roles with caregivers, supporting their ability to provide care and maintain their health and well-being.

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The forgotten people in British public health: a national neglect of the dying, bereaved and caregivers. (BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2016, 6(2) pps. 153-159)

The clinical and social epidemiology of living with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness, frail ageing, long-term caregiving, and grief and bereavement is well documented in the palliative care, psycho-oncology and psychiatric literature but this investigation asks what interest exists from the mainstream public health sector in these health and illness experiences. This paper reports a content analysis of 7 key British public health journals, 14 major public health textbooks and 3 public health websites employing key word and synonym searches to assess the size and quality of interest in populations related to ageing, dying, caregiving, and grief and bereavement. Compared with other public health issues, such as obesity and tobacco use, for examples, interest in the social experience and epidemiology of end-of-life experiences is extremely low. Reasons for this lack of interest are explored.

Caregiver positive and negative appraisals: effects of the national alliance on mental illness family-to-family intervention. (Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2016, 204(2) pps. 156-159)

The 3-month-long Family-to-Family intervention (FTF) has been shown to increase empowerment, knowledge, and coping and to reduce distress among caregivers of people with serious mental illness. We sought to determine the influence of FTF on caregivers’ appraisal of their caregiving experience.

Caring for carers: how community nurses can support carers of people with cancer. (British Journal of Community Nursing, 2016 21(4) pps. 180-184)

There are more than 1 million people in the UK looking after a family member or friend with cancer, but half the number of these carers do not receive support to care. Providing this care significantly affects cancer carers emotionally, physically, and financially. Community and district nurses have a vital role to play in reaching out to these hidden carers and signposting them to the correct support. This article provides tips on identifying carers, including who they are, the challenges they face, and how health professionals can approach and speak to them. It also provides guidance on signposting carers to national and local sources of support in the UK.

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Factors affecting performance and productivity of nurses: professional attitude, organisational justice, organisational culture and mobbing. (Journal of Nursing Management, Mar 2016)

Aim: To identify relationships among variables affecting nurses’ performance and productivity, namely professional attitudes, organisational culture, organisational justice and exposure to mobbing.
Background: The determination of the factors affecting performance and productivity is important for providing efficient nursing services. These factors have been investigated in the literature independently, but the relationship among them has not been clearly identified.
Results: The professional attitude score of the nurses was high (4.35 ± 0.63). However, their organisational justice (2.22 ± 1.26) and organisational culture (2.47 ± 0.71) scores were low. Nurses were subjected to mobbing at a high level (0.82 ± 0.78). As the organisational justice increased, the organisational culture increased and the mobbing decreased. As the organisation culture decreased, the mobbing increased.
Conclusions: There was a positive correlation between organisation culture and organisational justice of the nurses and a negative correlation with mobbing.
Implications for nursing management: The results of the study are essential for improving nurses’ performance and productivity.

Factors affecting performance and productivity of nurses: professional attitude, organisational justice, organisational culture and mobbing. (Journal of Nursing Management, Mar 2016) (Follow this link if you have an Athens password). Alternatively contact the UHSM Academy Library for a copy of the article or call 0161 291 5778)

Productivity still ‘not good enough’ says Carter review (Nursing Management Mar 2016)

Roadmap for hospitals calls for standardisation and transparency to ensure that trusts meet savings targets.
THE STARTING gun has been fired. After 18 months of work, Lord Carter’s roadmap for hospitals to achieve £5 billion a year of spending cuts has been published.