Family Caregivers Employed by Home Care Agencies: Lessons Learned From Switzerland and the United States

Background: Increasing demands for home care staff has been triggered in the past decades by shorter hospital length of stay, and a shift of responsibility for complex care regimens to private households. Therefore, an innovative model to employ family caregivers in home care agencies is expanding i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iren Bischofberger, Mary Jo Vetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Public Health Reviews
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605849/full