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The multi-generational workforce: workplace flexibility and engagement
- Authors:
- PITT-CATSOUPHES Marcie, MATZ-COSTA Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 11(2), May 2008, pp.215-229.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper explores the perceptions of employees of different ages regarding the flexibility they need at work (flexibility fit) and their engagement with work. Using 49,209 observations representing 183,454 employees in 22 different companies in the United States, a hierarchical linear model (HLM) was estimated to explain variation in employee engagement as a function of flexibility fit and age. Although flexibility fit was a powerful positive predictor of engagement for all employees, it was a more powerful predictor of engagement for employees ages 45 and older. The positive moderating effect of flexibility fit provides employers with guidance about how to maintain the engagement of workers of all ages, but especially older workers who want to extend their participation in the labour force.
Ageism and professional training in aging: who will be there to help?
- Author:
- ROSOWSKY Erelene
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 29(3), 2005, pp.55-58.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
This American article discusses the manifestations of ageism that are apparent in the education and training of professionals who provide health services to older people. It looks briefly at what can be done to change attitudes.
An ambiguous sense of professional identity: community-based caregivers for older adults in China
- Authors:
- CHEN Honglin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 42(2), 2017, p.236–250.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Community-based caregivers form an important part of the long-term care system in China. Rather than institutionalisation in residential facilities, the majority of older adults in China continue to live with their families and in their communities; ageing-in-place is the norm. The services provided by community-based caregivers thus play a crucial role in shaping the quality of life for older adults in China. Yet this population of caregivers has been understudied, with most researchers and policymakers focusing instead on familial or institutional care providers. This qualitative study addresses this gap by examining the experiences of community-based eldercare providers in urban Shanghai, one of the most rapidly-ageing cities in China. Over 25 h of semi-structured, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted among 20 community-based caregivers. The study reveals important demographic characteristics and trends in the experiences of this understudied population of caregivers, who were often confused about their jobs and demonstrated an ambiguous sense of professional identity. The authors provide a typology of the main factors influencing the experiences of community-based caregivers for older adults. This typology enables them to provide targeted suggestions to improve the work experiences and develop the sense of professional identity among community-based caregivers. The authors also present suggestions for strengthening the long-term care system for older adults in urban China. (Edited publisher abstract)
Confidence of group home staff in supporting the health needs of older residents with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- WEBBER Ruth, BOWERS Barbara, BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 41(2), 2016, pp.107-114.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Background: Increased life expectancy for people with intellectual disability is accompanied by increased age-related health concerns. People ageing with intellectual disability experience more health conditions and are relocated to aged care earlier than their age peers. Method: Group home staff were surveyed about their (a) training and confidence in 11 health conditions and 7 health procedures, and (b) attitude to relocating residents with health needs to aged care. Results: Staff training in each of 10 health conditions and 7 health procedures was positively associated with increased confidence in supporting residents with those health issues. Higher staff confidence in caring for residents with 9 conditions and requiring 4 procedures was negatively associated with a likelihood of recommending that a person with those health needs should relocate to aged care. Conclusions: Targeted training of staff in age-related health issues may contribute to better health care and delay residents relocating to aged care. (Publisher abstract)
Ageing in people with intellectual disability as it is understood by group home staff
- Authors:
- KAHLIN Ida, KJELLBERG Anette, HAGBERG Jan-Erik
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 41(1), 2016, pp.1-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Background: The number of older residents in group homes for people with intellectual disability (ID) is increasing. This interview study was focused on how group home staff address issues of ageing and being old among people with ID. Method: Twelve members of staff at 4 different group homes in Sweden were interviewed. Results: Findings revealed old age as something unarticulated in the group home. Group home staff felt unprepared to meet age-related changes in residents. The study also revealed that group home staff had a one-tracked way of describing the process of ageing among people with ID, which was seemingly rooted in a medical paradigm of disability. Conclusion: Based on this study's findings, we suggest that there is a need to raise issues and give guidance related to ageing and ID in disability policy documents to support the development of a formal culture that addresses old age and ID in disability services. (Publisher abstract)
The training needs of staff supporting individuals ageing with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- WARK Stuart, HUSSAIN Rafat, EDWARDS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(3), 2014, pp.273-288.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The issue of ageing within the cohort of people with intellectual disabilities has been an increasing focus for research. However, the training needs of the staff who support them has not been subject of extensive examination. Materials and Methods: A multiround Delphi project was conducted focusing upon the impact ageing issues have on the support provided by disability workers, and what training is required to address the identified areas. Results: Three rounds of the Delphi identified twenty-six separate important issues. A thematic analysis identified five main themes including Generic Training Issues; Medical Issues; Emerging Ageing Issues Requiring Changing Support; Mental Health Issues; and Quality of Life. Conclusions: The study identified a series of training priorities for staff assisting people ageing with an intellectual disability. It would appear possible for many training programmes to be developed and delivered with minimal cost impacts even within rural localities. (Original abstract)
Carework as a form of bodywork
- Author:
- TWIGG Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(4), July 2000, pp.389-411.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article argues for the importance of recognising carework as form of bodywork. It discusses why this central dimension has been neglected in accounts of carework, pointing to the ways in which community care has traditionally been analysed, the resistance of social gerontology to an overly bodily emphasis, and the conceptual dominance of the debate on care. Drawing on a study of the provision of help with bathing and washing for older people at home, it explores the body dimension of the activity, looking at how careworkers negotiate nakedness and touch, mange dirt and disgust, balance intimacy and distance. Finally, the paper draws together some of the key themes of this bodywork: its designation as 'dirty work', its hidden, silenced characters, the low occupational esteem in which it is held and its gendered nature.
Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability; unit one; introduction; working with older people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, BENNETT Lucille, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Unit one of a set of training materials aimed at staff working with older people with learning difficulties. This section introduces ageing and using the right words, looks at attitudes towards ageing and goes on to examine the effects of increasing age on people with learning difficulties. Concludes with a chapter on helping people to adapt as they grow older and a summary of points of practice.
Extending working life and the management of change. Is the workplace ready for the ageing worker?
- Authors:
- WAINWRIGHT David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 39(11), 2019, pp.2397-2419.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Increasing longevity and the strain on state and occupational pensions have brought into question long-held assumptions about the age of retirement, and raised the prospect of a workplace populated by ageing workers. In the United Kingdom the default retirement age has gone, incremental increases in state pension age are being implemented and ageism has been added to workplace anti-discrimination laws. These changes are yet to bring about the anticipated transformation in workplace demographics, but it is coming, making it timely to ask if the workplace is ready for the ageing worker and how the extension of working life will be managed. This report includes findings from qualitative case studies of five large organisations located in the United Kingdom. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with employees, line managers, occupational health staff and human resources managers. The findings reveal a high degree of uncertainty and ambivalence among workers and managers regarding the desirability and feasibility of extending working life; wide variations in how older workers are managed within workplaces; a gap between policies and practices; and evidence that while casualisation might be experienced negatively by younger workers, it may be viewed positively by financially secure older workers seeking flexibility. The research concludes with a discussion of the challenges facing employers and policy makers in making the modern workplace fit for the ageing worker. (Edited publisher abstract)
Effects of Dementia Care Mapping on job satisfaction and caring skills of staff caring for older people with intellectual disabilities: a quasi‐experimental study
- Authors:
- SCHAAP Feija D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(5), 2019, pp.1228-1240.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The ageing of people with intellectual disabilities, involving consequences like dementia, creates a need for methods to support care staff. One promising method is Dementia Care Mapping (DCM). This study examined the effect of DCM on job satisfaction and care skills of ID‐care staff. Methods: This study performed a quasi‐experimental study in 23 group homes for older people with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands. This study assessed job satisfaction and care skills among staff as primary outcomes and work experience measures as secondary outcomes (N = 227). Results: Dementia Care Mapping achieved no significantly better effect than care as usual (CAU) for primary outcomes on job satisfaction (MWSS‐HC) and working skills (P‐CAT). Effect sizes varied from −0.18 to −0.66. This study also found no differences for any of the secondary outcomes. Conclusion: Dementia Care Mapping does not increase job satisfaction and care skills of staff caring for older people with intellectual disabilities. This result differs from previous findings and deserves further study. (Edited publisher abstract)