Care home co-worker relationships
A Key Ingredient for Care Home Quality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7146351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsty Haunch (0000-0002-5013-1258, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Karen Spilsbury (0000-0002-6908-0032, University of Leeds) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-428 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x23000466 |
| OpenAlex | W4387730494 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
The relationships that care home staff have with their co-workers are a key influence on the way they feel about their work and how they perform in their roles. This has a direct influence on quality of care and life as experienced by residents. However, care home providers face a challenge to promote co-worker relationships because: (a) the care home workforce often lack human resource oversight; (b) registered managers (and nurses), who often lack leadership training, are tasked with managing the working relationships of staff, the majority of whom are care workers of different ages, ethnicity and cultural beliefs; and (c) most (care workers) do not have any formal qualifications and are not routinely provided with the communication skills to facilitate collaborative working in dynamic and pressured climates. In this forum article, we consider these challenges and their implications for collaborative co-worker relationships, before highlighting opportunities for research, policy and practice. An important starting point is to focus on developing the leadership skills of staff at all levels and provide care workers with the skills they require to manage their working relationships and support them in their everyday work for the benefit of residents
Ethnic group · Medical education · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy) · Work (physics) · Workforce · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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