Objectives In countries with ageing populations, home care (HC) aides are among the
fastest growing jobs. There are few quantitative studies of HC occupational safety and health …

Background Home care (HC) aide is the fastest growing occupation, yet job hazards are
under‐studied. This study documents the context of HC aide work, characterizes …

Background Home care (HC) services are crucial to the health and social wellbeing of older
adults, people with disabilities, and the chronically ill. Although the HC sector is growing …

Objective: To evaluate all available literature and develop a pooled estimate of the risk of
sharps injuries (SI) among home care (HC) nurses and aides. Methods: A systematic …

Objectives Home care (HC) aides constitute an essential, rapidly growing workforce.
Technology advances are enabling complex medical care at home, including procedures …

Retention of the home care (HC) aide workforce is essential to meet the needs of our aging
population. Some studies suggest that improving HC safety could increase job retention …

Objectives In countries with ageing populations, home care (HC) aides are among the
fastest growing jobs. There are few quantitative studies of HC occupational safety and health …

Objectives To follow up on our previous finding that home care (HC) aides have a
substantial risk of injury with used sharp medical devices, this study's goal was to identify …

Objectives While cleaning and disinfecting (C&D) are essential for infection prevention (IP)
in healthcare, there is increasing evidence that C&D chemicals cause occupational …

Background and objectives Due to a rapidly ageing population, homecare (HC) aide is one
of the fastest growing occupations in the USA. Exposures to occupational safety and health …