Journal article
Maintenance of Professional Boundaries and Family Involvement in Residential Aged Care
Maho Omori, Courtney Baker, Jude Jayasuriya, Steven Savvas, Anastasia Gardner, Briony Dow, Sam Scherer
Qualitative Health Research | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2019
Abstract
The importance of family's involvement in care planning has been stressed to cater individualized, person-centered care in residential aged care. However, in reality, there are numerous structural obstacles and barriers that limit opportunities for their involvement. The aim of this article is to explore what they are. The findings based on the 12 focus groups, six groups of care professionals and six groups of family/relatives, reveal that the narrow pathway of communication between staff and families, which is hierarchically structured, one-directional, and clinically driven, enables the former to maintain and control professional boundaries between formal and informal care-giving. Such co..
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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by Dementia and Aged Care Service (DACS) Fund provided by Department of Health, Australian Government.