Gray Kathleen, Butler-Henderson Kerryn, Day Karen
Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
School of Nursing, Paramedicine, and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia.
JMIR Aging. 2025 Apr 2;8:e54143. doi: 10.2196/54143.
As the aged care sector undergoes digital transformation, greater attention is needed to development of digital health capability in its workforce. There are many gaps in our understanding of the current and future impacts of technology on those who perform paid and unpaid aged care work. Research is needed to understand how to make optimal use of both digital resources and human resources for better aged care. In this Viewpoint, we reflect on a workshop held during an international conference that identified shared concepts and concerns to shape further research into workforce capability. Digital technologies and digital data can increase quality of care in a system that operates through partnerships among service providers, service users, and community members. To realize this potential, digital health learning and development are needed in the aged care workforce. As digital dimensions of aged care services expand, the sector needs clearer direction to implement approaches to workforce learning and development. These must be appropriate to support the safe and ethical performance of care work and to increase the satisfaction of those who care and those for whom they care.
随着老年护理行业经历数字化转型，需要更加关注其员工数字健康能力的发展。我们对技术当前和未来对从事有偿和无偿老年护理工作的人员的影响了解存在诸多差距。需要开展研究，以了解如何最佳利用数字资源和人力资源来提供更好的老年护理。在本观点文章中，我们回顾了一次国际会议期间举办的研讨会，该研讨会确定了共同的概念和关注点，以推动对员工能力的进一步研究。数字技术和数字数据可以提高在一个通过服务提供者、服务使用者和社区成员之间的伙伴关系运作的系统中的护理质量。为了实现这一潜力，老年护理员工需要进行数字健康学习和发展。随着老年护理服务的数字层面不断扩展，该行业需要更明确的方向来实施员工学习和发展方法。这些方法必须适合支持护理工作的安全和道德开展，并提高护理人员及其护理对象的满意度。
