Healthcare Assistants and Qualified Carers, A Trained, but untapped underutilised resource; A population-based study in Ireland - Final Report- March 2020
Journal: Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin)
Year: 2020

INTRODUCTION: This report addresses aspects of the function, wellbeing and satisfaction of healthcare assistants and qualified carers in Ireland. The study on which it is based was undertaken under the auspices of the Irish Healthcare Assistants and Carers Ireland Social Association. It set out to elicit the views of carers about their background, training, skillset, work environments and conditions, career satisfaction and aspirations and is based on responses from almost 2,000 healthcare assis