Home care in Australia: an integrative review
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The home care sector comprises one of Australia's fastest growing workforces, yet few papers capture the overall landscape of Australian home care. This integrative review investigates home care with the aim of better understanding care recipients and their needs, funding, and regulation; care worker skills, tasks, demographics, employment conditions, and training needs. Over 2,700 pieces of literature were analyzed to inform this review. Results suggest sector fragmentation and a home care workforce who, although well-placed to improve outcomes for care recipients, are in need of better training and employment support. Suggestions for future research regarding Australian home care include studies that combine both aged and disability aspects of care, more research around care recipients, priority needs and strategies for addressing them, and how best to prepare home care workers for their roles.
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- Authors
- Palesy, D., Jakimowicz, S., Saunders, C., & Lewis, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Palesy, Debra
- Venue
- Home Health Care Services Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-02-26
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 113-139
- ISSN
- 0162-1424 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-0856
- OpenAlex
- W2791585339
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 8
- FWCI
- 0.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Home Health Care Services Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Social Sciences › Education › Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- home care, home care workforce, care recipients, care funding, home care regulation, care worker training, working conditions, elderly care, disability care, Australia
- MeSH terms
- Australia, Employment, Persons with Disabilities, Home Care Services, Humans
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