Interview Study
Designing for Peer-Led Critical Pedagogies in Computer-Mediated Support Groups for Home Care Workers
Home care workers (HCWs) deliver essential health services within patients' homes, yet, they are a marginalized workforce vulnerable to exploitation. Critical and liberatory pedagogies can foster material social change, but such pedagogies typically assume the involvement of a professional …
Computer-Mediated Sharing Circles for Intersectional Peer Support with Home Care Workers
Home care workers (HCWs) provide essential care in patients' homes but are often underappreciated and work in stressful and isolated environments with diverse and intersecting support needs. This paper describes a computer-mediated peer support program that centers around sharing circles: …
Development and Piloting of a Community-Partnered Heart Failure Training Course for Home Health Care Workers
Despite their unique contributions to heart failure (HF) care, home healthcare workers (HHWs) have unmet educational needs. To address this, we used a community-partnered approach to develop and pilot a HF training course for HHWs. We evaluated the course on feasibility, acceptability, and …
Experiences of Home Health Care Workers in New York City During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
We describe the experiences of home health care workers (HCWs) caring for older adults and for patients with chronic illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this qualitative study of 33 HCWs employed by 24 unique home care agencies across New York City, participants reported that they were at …