Background The number of nursing assistants (NAs) in the long-term care industry is on the
rise, helping to service the needs of an increasingly aging population. Understanding …

Background Quality of life and care varies between and within the care homes in which
almost half a million older people live and over half a million direct care staff (registered …

Background A 15 million health workforce shortage is still experienced globally leading to a
sub-optimal healthcare worker-to-population ratio in most countries. The use of low-skilled …

Background High turnover intention of nursing assistants was detrimental to the
sustainability of long-term care. Career adaptability is an important determinant in reducing …

The current study aimed to describe formal caregiver burden of nursing assistants in nursing
homes. A descriptive, cross-sectional, convergent mixed methods approach identified …

Objective To explore the perspectives of key stakeholders on necessary factors to implement
care quality improvement program. Methods We conducted qualitative descriptive research …

Background Situations of extreme challenging behavior such as very frequent and/or severe
agitation or physical aggression in nursing home residents with dementia can be …

Nationally, there have been over 643,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases
among nursing home residents and more than 130,000 deaths as of March 2021. 1 During …

Background:​ Empathy is a fundamental component of the therapeutic relationship between
healthcare providers and patients and has the potential to yield significant benefits …

Aims To examine the gap between nursing assistants' desired roles and their perceptions of
nurses' expectations, and the relationship between these perceptions and nursing …