Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)

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Comparison of Frequency and Difficulty of Care Helper Jobs in Long Term Care Facilities and Client Homes

요양시설과 재가의 요양보호사 직무비교

  • Hwang, Eun-Hee (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Jung, Duk-Yoo (Division of Nursing, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Jung (Division of Nursing, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kim, Kon-Hee (Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Shin, Su-Jin (Department of Nursing, Soon Chun Hyang University)
  • Received : 2012.01.25
  • Accepted : 2012.04.11
  • Published : 2012.04.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to identify differences of duties, tasks, and task elements of care helpers between long term care (LTC) facilities and client's home (CH), and to provide data for the development of educational programs and policies. Methods: This study was a descriptive investigation; the subjects of the study were 418 care helpers. Duties, tasks, and task elements were measured using the framework proposed by Shin et al. (2012). Data were analyzed by t-test using PASW 18.0. Results: All of the jobs were statistically significant differences between LTC and CH. Dietary assistance and Daily work assistance were more frequently in CH, and the frequency of other tasks was higher in LTC than CH. Tasks with higher-reported difficulty by those who worked in LTC were as follows: personal hygiene, position change and movement, exercise and activity assistance, safety care, communication assistance, dietary assistance, environment management, daily work assistance, emergency prevention, early detection and speedy reporting, and dementia patient care. Conclusion: These findings suggest that training for care helpers of each facility type will be differentiated. Tasks and task elements reported by care helpers were modified and added to the standard textbook.

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