TY - CHAP
T1 - Measuring caregivers’ perceived workbased stress in nursing homes for the elderly – a concept considering residents suffering from dementia
AU - Wetzelhütter, Daniela
AU - Hasengruber, Katrin
AU - Kränzl-Nagl, Renate Sabine
AU - Ortner, Tina
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Research aim: to emphasize that a suitable research concept is required to analyze “the extent
to which a certain care concept counteracts subjectively perceived stressors during everyday
care and support”.
Methods used: summative evaluation design – more precisely, a semi-experimental design
with a control group and an experimental group, collecting data at two waves (“before and
after” measurements). It permits the simultaneous evaluation of the experimental group (in
which a new concept is introduced) in one or more care homes and the control group (in which
the specific concept is not implemented) in comparable care homes. Changes over time can
thus be studied under controlled conditions.
Lessons learned: the implementation of a care concept in nursing homes depends on the
people involved, from the management to the caregivers. Even if the background conditions
(e.g., legal regulations) and the characteristics of the home or the organization running it (e.g.,
mission statements) are identical, the way in which this type of concept is dealt with personally evidently plays a key role in its effect, or at least this is the only explanation for the identified differences. Moreover, the initial starting point is important when measuring the effect of
a new concept. The level of improvement (as in a positive effect) will be minimal when a high
level of caregiver motivation, or of nursing and care, is already reached, before a new concept
is introduced.
AB - Research aim: to emphasize that a suitable research concept is required to analyze “the extent
to which a certain care concept counteracts subjectively perceived stressors during everyday
care and support”.
Methods used: summative evaluation design – more precisely, a semi-experimental design
with a control group and an experimental group, collecting data at two waves (“before and
after” measurements). It permits the simultaneous evaluation of the experimental group (in
which a new concept is introduced) in one or more care homes and the control group (in which
the specific concept is not implemented) in comparable care homes. Changes over time can
thus be studied under controlled conditions.
Lessons learned: the implementation of a care concept in nursing homes depends on the
people involved, from the management to the caregivers. Even if the background conditions
(e.g., legal regulations) and the characteristics of the home or the organization running it (e.g.,
mission statements) are identical, the way in which this type of concept is dealt with personally evidently plays a key role in its effect, or at least this is the only explanation for the identified differences. Moreover, the initial starting point is important when measuring the effect of
a new concept. The level of improvement (as in a positive effect) will be minimal when a high
level of caregiver motivation, or of nursing and care, is already reached, before a new concept
is introduced.
U2 - 10.4324/9781003051169-22
DO - 10.4324/9781003051169-22
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781003051169
SP - 235
EP - 248
BT - Researching Ageing
PB - Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group
ER -