Abstract
Objective: To examine perceived control among live-in and live-out home care workers and to identify factors that contribute to perceived control among both types of caregiving. Method: 338 migrant live-in home care workers and 185 local live-out home care workers were asked to report their perceived control. Burnout, satisfaction with the relationship with the care recipient and the care recipient's family, and satisfaction with social relationship were also gathered. Results: Both types of caregivers reported high levels of perceived control, although live-in home care workers expressed more perceived control. Higher age, higher levels of satisfaction with the relationship with the care recipient and the care recipient's family and lower levels of burnout, predicted perceived control. Satisfaction with social relationship was a stronger predictor of one's perceived control among live-in home care workers. Conclusions: Promoting social relationships outside the home care context by allowing migrant live-in home care workers to take part in social gatherings is recommended as this can strengthen their sense of perceived control.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 189-195 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Aging and Mental Health |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
This study was part of a research project regarding home care services for older adults and was funded by the National Insurance Institute of Israel (NIII). A random stratified (based on age, gender and geographical area) sample of older adults over the age of 70 who live in the Tel-Aviv area was drawn from the list of older adults who receive financial assistance from the NIII in order to support their stay in the community. Eligibility criteria for care recipients were: over the age of 70, live in the Tel-Aviv area, speak fluent Hebrew or Russian, cognitively able to participate in the study based on family members’ reports and meet the eligibility criteria for employing a live-in or live-out home care worker (e.g. highly dependent in activities of daily living). Corresponding care workers, based on the records of the NIII or based on the reports of the care recipients were invited to participate, provided they spoke fluent Hebrew, Russian or English. Participants were interviewed using a structured face-to-face interview. The protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the School of Social Work of Bar Ilan University.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Insurance Institute of Israel |
Keywords
- Home care
- formal care
- perceived control