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1. Psychophysical burden and lack of support: Reasons for care workers' intentions to leave their work in the Nordic countries.

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Van Aerschot, Lina, Mathew Puthenparambil, Jiby, Olakivi, Antero, and Kröger, Teppo

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*PRACTICAL nurses, *INTENTION, *OLDER people, *PROFESSIONAL employees, *NURSES' aides
Abstract

Long‐term care of older adults is currently suffering from a shortage of trained personnel and high turnover rates. Care work is poorly paid, demanding, increasingly time‐bound and both mentally and physically burdensome. In this study, we examined the individual, organisational and economic factors that predict professional care workers' intentions to leave their current employment, using the NORDCARE survey data (2015, N = 3801) collected in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The respondents were mainly practical and assistant nurses. The analysis showed that the predictors of intentions to leave were similar in the four countries. The most consistent organisational predictors of leaving intentions were related to psychophysical burden and a lack of supervisor support. Younger age also predicted intentions to leave. To break the vicious circle of burdensome work and high turnover, care workers need sufficient resources and support to conduct their work properly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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2. Psychophysical burden and lack of support : Reasons for care workers’ intentions to leave their work in the Nordic countries

Author

Lina Van Aerschot, Antero Olakivi, Teppo Kröger, and Jiby Mathew Puthenparambil

Subjects
care work, työvoiman kysyntä, Sociology and Political Science, työhyvinvointi, pitkäaikaishoito, työvoimantarve, leaving intentions, long- term care, vanhustenhuolto, psychophysical burden, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Nursing, 050602 political science & public administration, hoiva-ala, 030212 general & internal medicine, työelämä, older adults, 05 social sciences, työvoiman vaihtuvuus, 0506 political science, terveydenhuoltohenkilöstö, psykofysiologia, Long-term care, Work (electrical), Care workers, 8. Economic growth, hoitohenkilöstö, lähihoitajat, perushoitajat, henkilöstö, Care work, vanhustenhuoltolaitokset, Psychology, työpaikan vaihto, ikääntyneet, hoitotyö
Abstract

Long-term care of older adults is currently suffering from a shortage of trained personnel and high turnover rates. Care work is poorly paid, demanding, increasingly time-bound and both mentally and physically burdensome. In this study, we examined the individual, organisational and economic factors that predict professional care workers’ intentions to leave their current employment, using the NORDCARE survey data (2015, N = 3801) collected in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The respondents were mainly practical and assistant nurses. The analysis showed that the predictors of intentions to leave were similar in the four countries. The most consistent organisational predictors of leaving intentions were related to psychophysical burden and a lack of supervisor support. Younger age also predicted intentions to leave. To break the vicious circle of burdensome work and high turnover, care workers need sufficient resources and support to conduct their work properly. peerReviewed

Published
2022

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