TY - JOUR
T1 - Picking low hanging fruit–A scoping review of work environment related interventions in the home care sector
AU - Rydenfält, Christofer
AU - Holgersson, Charlotte
AU - Östlund, Britt
AU - Arvidsson, Inger
AU - Johansson, Gerd
AU - Persson, Roger
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Home care for elderly people is an important part of the social welfare system. The sector employs many people, especially women, and work environment issues are common. This review explores the scientific literature on organizational interventions that target the home care work environment. Altogether, 16 studies of varying quality met the inclusion criteria. The interventions identified involved organizational change, education and training, digitalization and scheduling. Many interventions were concerned with changing specific behaviors or with introducing new technology rather than tackling complex issues such as sick leave, stress or gender inequality. Employee participation increased the likelihood of success.
AB - Home care for elderly people is an important part of the social welfare system. The sector employs many people, especially women, and work environment issues are common. This review explores the scientific literature on organizational interventions that target the home care work environment. Altogether, 16 studies of varying quality met the inclusion criteria. The interventions identified involved organizational change, education and training, digitalization and scheduling. Many interventions were concerned with changing specific behaviors or with introducing new technology rather than tackling complex issues such as sick leave, stress or gender inequality. Employee participation increased the likelihood of success.
KW - gender
KW - Home care
KW - interventions
KW - organizational change
KW - work environment
U2 - 10.1080/01621424.2020.1772936
DO - 10.1080/01621424.2020.1772936
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32538305
AN - SCOPUS:85087031844
SN - 0162-1424
VL - 39
SP - 223
EP - 237
JO - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
JF - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -