- Title
- Workplace design for the Australian residential aged care workforce
- Creator
- Naccarella, Lucio; Newton, Clare; Pert, Alan; Seemann, Kurt; Williams, Ruth
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/182352
- Identifier
- vital:16118
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12493
- Identifier
- ISBN:1440-6381 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Objectives: This research explored residential aged care (RAC) workplace design features that influence how RAC staff feel valued, productive, safe, like they belong and connected. A secondary aim was to validate emerging themes about RAC design features with stakeholders. Methods: A multistage qualitative study was conducted in one RAC facility with 100 residents in outer metropolitan Melbourne: (i) photo-elicitation – photographs were used to prompt discussions with RAC staff; (ii) individual interviews with RAC directors; and (iii) validity testing with the advisory committee occurred. Results: Key workplace design features that influenced how RAC staff feel valued, productive, safe, like they belong and connected included the following: (i) home-like environment; (ii) access to outdoor spaces; (iii) quality indoor environment; and (iv) access to safe, open and comfortable workplaces. Conclusions: Key workplace design features that matter to RAC staff in a ‘shared workspace’ exist. Increasing demands upon RAC requires evidence-based workplace design policy and evaluation approaches that support RAC staff to work in RAC shared workspaces. © 2018 AJA Inc. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Kurt Seemann” is provided in this record**
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Relation
- Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 37, no. 3 (2018), p. 194-201
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 AJA Inc
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; 44 Human Society; 52 Psychology; Aged; Aging; Environment; Humans; Manpower; Workplace
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- Funder
- Given that the research was funded through a University of Melbourne Hallmark Ageing Research Initiative seeding grant for a small pilot project, a purposive sampling frame-work was used to explore the experiences of RAC facility staff and directors about their workplace design. The research was conducted in one RAC facility as it met the following criteria: (i) high organisational cultural strengths (e.g. stable leadership) and (ii) high organisational workplace strengths (e.g. strong safety record, involved in quality improvement). The RAC facility has 100 residents and 180 full-and part-time staff. The layout consists of four residential wings radiating from a common dining and lounge area. Each wing has a smaller living area. Each resident occupies a bedroom with en suite. Nurses’ stations are located at the heart of three wings with one wing notable for not having a nurses’ station. Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Melbourne Human Ethics Advisory Group (ID NUMBER: 1647219.1
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