When Do Paid Caregivers Support the Health of Older Adults? Geriatrician Perspectives

Author:

Estrada Leah V.1ORCID,Watman Deborah1,Franzosa Emily12ORCID,Reckrey Jennifer M.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

2. Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), James J. Peters Veterans Administration, Bronx, NY, USA

Abstract

Despite the potential of paid caregivers (e.g., home health aides and other home care workers) to improve their clients’ health-related outcomes, paid caregivers are rarely integrated in the healthcare team. Geriatrician’s perspective on paid caregivers can inform healthcare team approaches that leverage the paid caregiver role to improve older adult health. This secondary qualitative analysis ( n = 9 geriatricians, n = 27 interviews) used thematic analysis to identify geriatrician perceptions of when paid caregivers do the most to support the health of older adults. Geriatricians perceived that paid caregiver contributions were greatest in the care of high-needs older adults (e.g., dementia) and that paid caregivers stepped up to fill healthcare gaps when families could not provide all needed support (e.g., no family). Future work should consider how to best integrate paid caregivers who are already providing health-related support into the care team and explore barriers to paid caregiver participation in health-related care more generally.

Funder

National Institute on Aging

VA Health Services Research and Development

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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