@article{25ecb00971cf4e7d92f73d7f3639cae5,
title = "Beyond functional support: The range of health-related tasks performed in the home by paid caregivers in New York",
abstract = "Paid caregivers (for example, home health aides and personal care attendants) are formally tasked with helping older adults with functional impairment meet their basic needs at home. This study used thirty semistructured interviews with dyads of patients or their proxies and their paid caregivers in New York City to understand the range of health-related tasks that paid caregivers perform in the home and determine whether these tasks are taught in the New York State Department of Health{\textquoteright}s curriculum. We found that patients, proxies, and paid caregivers all reported that paid caregivers performed a wide range of health-related tasks that were often not part of their formal training. Creating clear competencies for paid caregivers that reflect the full breadth of health-related tasks they may perform in the home could help maximize the positive impact of the paid caregiver workforce on the lives of patients living at home with functional impairment.",
author = "Reckrey, {Jennifer M.} and Tsui, {Emma K.} and Morrison, {R. Sean} and Geduldig, {Emma T.} and Stone, {Robyn I.} and Ornstein, {Katherine A.} and Federman, {Alex D.}",
note = "Funding Information: An earlier version of this article was presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 2018, and at the Health Affairs workforce summit, “Building Health Care Teams for People with Serious Illness,” in Washington, D.C., December 6, 2018. Jennifer Reckrey{\textquoteright}s work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (Grant Nos. P30AG028741 and R03AG060092) and the New York State Department of Health Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program. Katherine Ornstein{\textquoteright}s work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (Grant No. K01AG047923). Alex Federman{\textquoteright}s work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (Grant No. R01AG052557). The viewpoints represented in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect those of the funding agencies. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, Project HOPE. All Rights Reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00004",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "927--933",
journal = "Health Affairs",
issn = "0278-2715",
publisher = "Project Hope",
number = "6",
}