BACKGROUND Advance care planning is a process of discussion that enables competent adults to express their wishes about end-of-life care through periods of decisional incapacity. Although a number of studies have documented social workers' attitudes toward, knowledge about, and involvement in advance care planning, the information is fragmented. The purpose of this review was to provide a narra...

PURPOSE This study examined issues related to using older workers in frontline jobs in long-term care from employers' and prospective employees' perspectives. DESIGN AND METHODS Telephone surveys were conducted with employers representing 615 nursing homes and 410 home health agencies, and 1,091 low-income participants aged 40+ in Operation ABLE employment and training organizations. A total ...

Aim(s) This study examined factors influencing personal care workers’ intentions to stay or leave Australian aged care employment, especially for older workers. Background – Retention of personal care workers is particularly important in aged care, as they provide the majority of the direct care via community aged care or long-term aged care environments. However, limited research has examined ...

The impact of an occupational illness or injury on an injured worker can be severe. This study assessed several dimensions of the impact on a group of 50 injured workers, all patients at an Occupational Health Center. The dimensions assessed included aspects of access to health care, support from treating physicians in obtaining Workers' Compensation benefits, financial impacts, the role of att...

needlestick injuries in the health care workers of urmia   educational hospitals   r. nejadrahim [1] , n. gharahughi [2] , m. sistanizade [3]     abstract:   introduction: needlestick, injuries and probable acquisition of blood born pathogens such as hbv, hcv and hiv/aids are some occupational hazards that threaten the health of' the health care workers. considering this important issue, t...

AIM This study examined factors influencing personal care workers' intentions to stay or leave Australian aged care employment - especially for older workers. BACKGROUND Retention of personal care workers is particularly important in aged care as they provide the majority of the direct care via community aged care or long-term aged care environments. However, there is limited research on what...

AIMS To examine the demographic and workplace risk factors of serious falls and associated economic burden in Canadian health care workers. METHODS Fall injury data during 2005-2008 from a workplace health and safety surveillance system were linked with workers' compensation claims and payroll records. The costs for treatment and wage loss and days lost for accepted time-loss claims were calc...

BACKGROUND In South Africa, workplace acquired tuberculosis (TB) is a significant occupational problem among health care workers. In order to manage the problem effectively it is important to know the burden of TB in health care workers. This systematic review describes the epidemiology of TB in South African health care workers. METHODS A comprehensive search of electronic databases [MEDLINE...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B infection is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Health care workers are at increased risk of acquiring hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure. There is effective and safe vaccine against hepatitis B infection. But many health care workers in developing countries are not vaccinated. There is no study in Ethiopia that describes hepatitis B vaccine knowle...