Program Area: Health Sciences
Judith Meijers, PhD
ASS professor
Health Services Research
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Judith Meijers, PhD
ASS professor
Health Services Research
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Merel (E.A.) Van Lierop, MSc
Drs
Health Services Research
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Carole Estabrooks, CM, PhD, RN, FRSC, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN
Professor
College of Health Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nursing homes face challenges caused by increasing numbers of older adults with frailty and multimorbidity, and complexity of care in combination with decades of under resourcing and severe workforce challenges. In most countries the vast majority of direct care in LTC homes is provided by a large unregulated workforce that is largely unregulated, female, racialized and poorly remunerated. The results are severe difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff at all levels and a tendency to substitute less qualified workers for more highly qualified and more highly remunerated. Less well reported are the significant pressures that critical LTC home managers face. However, they are equally under duress especially in the wake of a global pandemic. Developing a culture of continuous learning and integrating this into daily nursing practice is one promising way to attenuate these challenges, ensure a high quality of care and a better equipped nursing staff. However, insight into strategies and interventions that contribute to such a continuous work-based learning culture in nursing homes is still relatively limited. In this symposium we will focus on different approaches to increasing workplace learning in long term care.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Judith Meijers, PhD – Maastricht University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Merel (E.A.) Van Lierop, MSc – Maastricht University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Carole A. Estabrooks, CM, PhD, RN, FRSC, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN – University of Alberta