Publications by authors named "Pam Nichols"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the experiences of migrant care workers in residential aged care facilities, focusing on their job demands, coping strategies, and intentions to stay or leave the sector.* -
- Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 migrant workers from Filipino, Indian, and Nigerian backgrounds in Perth, analyzing their responses to uncover key themes related to their motivations and challenges.* -
- Findings highlight motivating factors for these workers, such as job availability and cultural values around caring, while also noting significant resettlement and workplace challenges like limited support, communication barriers, and discrimination that need to be addressed in workforce reforms.*
Introduction: Migrant care workers are a growing portion of the aged care workforce in high-income countries. This study investigated the impacts of acculturation stress on the well-being of migrant care workers.
Method: A cross-sectional national survey was conducted among migrant care workers ( = 272) across five Australian states and one territory using the Riverside Acculturation Stress Inventory (RASI) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS 21).
Background And Objectives: In high-income countries, an increasing number of people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities are being cared for by an increasingly multicultural workforce. The purpose of this review was to investigate migrant aged care workers' dementia care experiences and to identify enablers and challenges that influence their retention.
Research Design And Methods: Utilizing Arksey and O' Malley's approach, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, and EMBASE were searched for peer-reviewed studies published from 2000 to November 2018.
This study explored how culture shapes relationships in aged care and the extent to which the residential aged care sector supports a cohesive multicultural workforce. An exploratory methodology utilising semi-structured questionnaires collected data from 58 participants comprising: staff who provide direct care to residents; managers; and family members from six residential care facilities in Perth, Western Australia. Communication issues emerged as an over-arching theme, and included interpersonal communication, the effect of cultural norms on communication and the impact of informal and formal workplace policies relating to spoken and written language.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To test the impact of feedback on the proposed management of standardised patients presenting with behavioural change with a diagnosis of dementia in Australian primary care.
Materials And Methods: A video vignette study was performed with Australian general practitioners (GPs) in 2013. Participants viewed six pairs of matched videos depicting people presenting changed behaviour in the context of a dementia diagnosis in two phases.