Home care aides in the administration of medication

Home care aides in the administration of medication.

OBJECTIVE To assess to what extent home care aides (HCAs) within the social services are engaged in medication administration, including their knowledge of how to perform this work correctly, and also to assess their knowledge of pharmacology, adverse drug effects, diseases, and symptoms. Furthermore, we wanted to study if there were any changes to be seen in these areas since a previous study....

Occupational health of home care aides: results of the safe home care survey.

OBJECTIVES In countries with ageing populations, home care (HC) aides are among the fastest growing jobs. There are few quantitative studies of HC occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions. The objectives of this study were to: (1) assess quantitatively the OSH hazards and benefits for a wide range of HC working conditions, and (2) compare OSH experiences of HC aides who are employed via ...

The impact of electronic medication administration records in a residential aged care home

PURPOSES This study aimed to compare between electronic medication administration records and paper-based records in the nursing time spent on various activities in a medication round and the medication administration processes followed by nurses in an Australian residential aged care home. It also aimed to identify the benefits and unintended adverse consequences of using the electronic medica...

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Medication errors and the home care patient.

Medication errors specific to home care include taking the wrong dose or quantity of medications, omitting medications, or taking an unauthorized drug. This article includes information regarding types of errors, contributing factors, and potential solutions to the identified problems.