Engaged Opportunity Grants
The Role of Home Care Workers
Understanding the perspectives of home care workers who care for adults with heart failure
Heart failure is a complex disease, and many older adults with heart failure rely on caregivers for help. There are currently 2.2 million paid home care workers in the U.S., and the field is expected to grow by 38 percent by 2024. Heart failure patients are increasingly relying on home care workers, yet these workers have not been the focus of medical research or behavioral interventions.
This qualitative study aims to understand the views and experiences of these home care workers, describe their understanding of heart-failure management and identify challenges and barriers associated with taking care of adults with heart failure. The findings will inform the development of an intervention designed to improve their experience taking care of adults with heart failure, better integrate home care workers into the care team and improve the quality of care that they provide adults with heart failure.
Grant category: Other
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Health, Nutrition and Medicine
The Team
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Madeline R. Sterling (@mad_sters), Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Ariel F. Silva, Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Amy L. Shaw, Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Peggy Leung, Weill Cornell Medicine
Department of Medicine
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Monika Safford, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine
- Community partner: 1199SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund
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