Care Aides Working Multiple Jobs: Considerations for Staffing Policies in Long-Term Care Homes During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Oct;21(10):1390-1391. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.07.036. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Authors

Yinfei Duan¹, Ala Iaconi¹, Yuting Song¹, Peter G Norton², Janet E Squires³, Janice Keefe⁴, Greta G Cummings¹, Carole A Estabrooks¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Care aides; long-term care; nursing homes; staffing policies.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / nursing*
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Long-Term Care / organization & administration*
Nursing Assistants / psychology
Nursing Assistants / statistics & numerical data*
Nursing Homes / organization & administration
Pandemics
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / nursing*
SARS-CoV-2
Workload / psychology
Workload / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada