Brooke Elizabeth, Goodall Joanne, Handrus Maxwell, Mawren Daveena
Business Work and Ageing Centre for Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2013 Jun;32(2):130-4. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12016. Epub 2013 Apr 25.
The study is based on an innovative demonstration project which trialled the implementation of the Finnish 'workability' framework and research measures. It aimed, firstly, to test the applicability of the Workability Index (WAI) to the Australian residential aged care workforce, focusing on personal care assistants (PCAs), and secondly, to assess the effectiveness of actions aimed at improving workability. The facility manager implemented multidimensional 'actions' according to the workability framework. The Workability Survey (WAS) and WAI and intervention instruments were administered (n = 64). Completed responses to 'pre' and 'post' instruments formed matched pairs (n = 15). WAI scores increased significantly, by 3 points on average, after all 'actions' were implemented. The only significant 'action' was increasing the number of PCAs in high care. Workability provides a useful research workforce development instrument measuring interactions between aged care workers and organisational demands and the outcomes of 'actions'.
该研究基于一个创新示范项目，该项目对芬兰“工作适应性”框架及研究措施的实施情况进行了试验。其目的，首先是测试工作适应性指数（WAI）对澳大利亚老年护理机构工作人员（重点是个人护理助理（PCA））的适用性，其次是评估旨在提高工作适应性的行动的有效性。设施经理根据工作适应性框架实施了多维度的“行动”。进行了工作适应性调查（WAS）、WAI及干预工具的管理（n = 64）。对“前”“后”工具的完整回复形成了匹配对（n = 15）。在所有“行动”实施后，WAI分数显著提高，平均提高了3分。唯一显著的“行动”是增加高护理级别的PCA数量（个人护理助理）。工作适应性提供了一个有用的研究劳动力发展工具，用于衡量老年护理工作者与组织需求之间的相互作用以及“行动”的结果。
