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Scherzer, T., Chapman, S. & Newcomer, R. (n.d.). Integrating occupational health and safety into the PAS workforce research agenda. In S. Kunkel and V. Wellin, (Eds.), Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care. New York: Springer. Manuscript in press.
Abstract
Occupational health researchers recognize that occupational injury is a prevalent problem in long-term care, including in-home services. However, there is a noticeable lack of research and policy attention to this problem among workers providing Personal Assistance Services (PAS) – the personal care and housekeeping tasks that enable elderly and disabled persons to live in community settings. Occupational injury among these workers is thought to contribute to worker turnover, and in this way it may further exacerbate the growing problem of workforce recruitment and retention in this vital sector of long-term care. A further concern is that problems addressing occupational injury in PAS may increase as more of this assistance is obtained through consumer-directed models of care, in which PAS workers are "independent providers" hired, directed, and fired by individual PAS consumers (abstract from authors).
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