Abstract Background Healthcare aides (HCAs) are the primary caregivers for vulnerable
older persons. They have many titles and are largely unregulated, which contributes to their …

Introduction Healthcare workforces are currently facing multiple challenges, including aging
populations; increasing prevalence of long-term conditions; and shortfall of registered …

Background The number of errors in medication management in nursing homes is
increasing, which may lead to potentially life-threatening harm. Few studies on this subject …

Background Administration of medication to care recipients is delegated to home‐care
assistants working in the municipal social care, alongside responsibility for providing …

Background Support with managing medicines at home is a common reason for older
people to receive community nursing services. With population ageing and projected nurse …

Aims To explore stakeholder perspectives on the benefits and/or disadvantages of the
delegation of insulin injections to healthcare support workers in community nursing services …

Background The health care aide position embodies one of the most basic paradoxes of
long-term care for older adults: those who have the most contact and most intensive …

Residential care settings and adult day services are two community-based care options
used by older adults with chronic health conditions. Most states have regulatory provisions …

Learn the principles of pharmacology and administer drugs safely! Introduction to Clinical
Pharmacology, 11th Edition provides the essential information that LPNs and vocational …

This thesis resulted in a grounded theory that described and explained how Australian
residential aged care residents' continence care needs were determined, delivered, and …