Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, London, UK.
Aging Ment Health. 2012;16(1):110-8. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2011.596808. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
Little is known about the social care workforce supporting people with dementia in England. This article seeks to compare the characteristics of people employed in the social care sector supporting people with dementia with other members of the social care workforce.
This article reports on the secondary analysis of a new national workforce dataset from England covering social care employees. Secondary analysis of this dataset was undertaken using 457,031 unique workers' records.
There are some important differences between the dementia care workforce and other parts of the social care workforce in respect of the dementia care workforce being more likely to be female, to work part-time, to be employed by agencies and to be less qualified. Many work for medium-sized care businesses and in people's own homes. The findings are set in the context of efforts to increase training and skills.
Knowledge of the social care workforce is relevant to care quality and should be borne in mind when planning interventions and commissioning services.
对于在英格兰为痴呆症患者提供支持的社会护理人员队伍，我们知之甚少。本文旨在比较为痴呆症患者提供支持的社会护理人员与其他社会护理人员的特征。
本文报告了对英格兰新的全国劳动力数据集的二次分析，该数据集涵盖了社会护理人员。对该数据集进行了二次分析，共使用了 457,031 个独特的工人记录。
在性别、兼职工作、机构雇佣和资格方面，痴呆症护理人员与其他社会护理人员之间存在一些重要差异。许多人在中等规模的护理企业和人们自己的家中工作。这些发现是在努力增加培训和技能的背景下得出的。
了解社会护理人员队伍与护理质量有关，在规划干预措施和委托服务时应予以考虑。
