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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Attracting and supporting a sustainable long-term care (LTC) workforce has been a persistent social policy challenge across the globe. To better attract and retain a sustainable LTC workforce, it is necessary to adopt a unified concept of worker well-being. Meaning of work is an important psychological resource that buffers the negative impacts of adverse working conditions on workers\' motivation, satisfaction, and turnover intention. The aim of this study was to explore the positive meaning of care work with older people and its implications for health care workers\' job satisfaction and motivation to work in the LTC sector.
METHODS: This study adopted a qualitative descriptive design that pays particular attention to health care workers; such as nurses, personal care workers; as active agents of the meaning making and reframing of care work in LTC communities in a East Asia city. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty health care workers in LTC communities in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was employed for data analysis.
RESULTS: The research findings indicate that while health care workers perform demanding care work and experience external constraints, they actively construct positive meanings of care work with older people as a helping career that enables them to facilitate the comfortable aging of older people, build affectional relationships, achieve professional identity, and gain job security.
CONCLUSIONS: This qualitative study explores how health care workers negotiate the positive meaning of older people care work and the implications of meaningful work for workers\' job satisfaction and motivation to work in the LTC sector. The importance of a culturally sensitive perspective in researching and developing social policy intervention are suggested.
METHODS: This study adopted a qualitative descriptive design that pays particular attention to health care workers; such as nurses, personal care workers; as active agents of the meaning making and reframing of care work in LTC communities in a East Asia city. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty health care workers in LTC communities in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was employed for data analysis.
RESULTS: The research findings indicate that while health care workers perform demanding care work and experience external constraints, they actively construct positive meanings of care work with older people as a helping career that enables them to facilitate the comfortable aging of older people, build affectional relationships, achieve professional identity, and gain job security.
CONCLUSIONS: This qualitative study explores how health care workers negotiate the positive meaning of older people care work and the implications of meaningful work for workers\' job satisfaction and motivation to work in the LTC sector. The importance of a culturally sensitive perspective in researching and developing social policy intervention are suggested.
摘要：
背景：吸引和支持可持续的长期护理（LTC）劳动力一直是全球持续的社会政策挑战。为了更好地吸引和留住可持续的LTC劳动力，有必要采用统一的工人福祉概念。工作的意义是一个重要的心理资源，缓冲不利的工作条件对工人的动机的负面影响，满意,和离职意向。这项研究的目的是探讨老年人护理工作的积极意义及其对医疗保健工作者的工作满意度和在LTC部门工作的动机的影响。
方法：这项研究采用了定性的描述性设计，特别关注卫生保健工作者；例如护士，个人护理人员；作为东亚城市LTC社区中护理工作含义制定和重组的积极代理人。对香港LTC社区的三十名医护人员进行了深入的半结构化访谈。数据分析采用主题分析。
结果：研究结果表明，尽管医护人员执行苛刻的护理工作并经历外部限制，他们积极构建与老年人一起护理工作的积极意义，作为帮助他们促进老年人舒适衰老的职业，建立情感关系，实现职业认同，并获得工作保障。
结论：这项定性研究探讨了卫生保健工作者如何协商老年人护理工作的积极意义以及有意义的工作对LTC部门工人的工作满意度和工作动机的影响。提出了文化敏感观点在研究和制定社会政策干预方面的重要性。
方法：这项研究采用了定性的描述性设计，特别关注卫生保健工作者；例如护士，个人护理人员；作为东亚城市LTC社区中护理工作含义制定和重组的积极代理人。对香港LTC社区的三十名医护人员进行了深入的半结构化访谈。数据分析采用主题分析。
结果：研究结果表明，尽管医护人员执行苛刻的护理工作并经历外部限制，他们积极构建与老年人一起护理工作的积极意义，作为帮助他们促进老年人舒适衰老的职业，建立情感关系，实现职业认同，并获得工作保障。
结论：这项定性研究探讨了卫生保健工作者如何协商老年人护理工作的积极意义以及有意义的工作对LTC部门工人的工作满意度和工作动机的影响。提出了文化敏感观点在研究和制定社会政策干预方面的重要性。
