Abstract：
This study aimed to explore the motivations, attitudes, care management strategies and training needs of paid caregivers. Data were collected through 51 semi-structured interviews with paid caregivers and analyzed using thematic analysis. Their motivations included economic stability, the inability to secure other employment, a desire to secure independence through regularly paid employment and a passion and a love of caring. Their role involved being a key communicator of care between medical personnel and relatives, and participants emphasized the importance of paid caregivers being loving, caring, calm, patient, having the ability and willingness to cope with challenging situations. They outlined some specific challenges of the role of caregiving and expressed the importance of gaining recognition for the role as well as the need for bespoke and tailored training to underpin it. This study adds to the growing international literature around the needs of the paid carer workforce and has the potential to inform policy and training around the provision of a better-equipped workforce to meet the growing needs of the aging population.
摘要：
本研究旨在探索动机，态度，护理管理策略和有偿护理人员的培训需求。通过与付费护理人员的51次半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用主题分析进行分析。他们的动机包括经济稳定，无法获得其他就业，渴望通过定期有偿就业、热情和对关怀的热爱来确保独立。他们的角色涉及成为医务人员和亲属之间护理的关键沟通者，参与者强调了有偿照顾者爱心的重要性，关怀,冷静,病人,有能力和意愿来应付具有挑战性的情况。他们概述了护理作用的一些具体挑战，并表示必须获得对这一作用的认可，以及需要定制和量身定制的培训来支持这一作用。这项研究增加了有关有偿护理人员劳动力需求的国际文献的不断增长，并有可能为提供更好的劳动力提供政策和培训，以满足老龄化人口日益增长的需求。
