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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

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An ageing nursing workforce.

Elizabeth M Graham¹, Christine Duffield

¹Centre for Health Services Management, University of Technology, PO Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.

Australian Health Review : a Publication of the Australian Hospital Association

|March 26, 2010

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Addressing nursing workforce shortages requires innovative strategies. This study highlights the critical need to focus on retaining older nurses, an often-overlooked demographic in workforce retention efforts.

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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

Published on: February 2, 2020

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Nursing Workforce Studies

Background:

Nursing shortages are a well-documented global issue.
Current strategies focus on recruitment and new training programs.
The aging nursing workforce presents unique retention challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the limited attention given to retaining older nurses.
To underscore the importance of older nurses in mitigating workforce shortages.

Main Methods:

Literature review on nursing workforce strategies.
Analysis of factors contributing to workforce shortages.
Identification of research gaps in older nurse retention.

Main Results:

Existing retention strategies largely ignore older nurses.
The aging workforce is a significant factor in nursing shortages.
There is a lack of research on effective methods for retaining older nurses.

Conclusions:

Retention of older nurses is a crucial, yet neglected, strategy for addressing nursing shortages.
Future research should focus on developing and evaluating methods to retain experienced, older nursing professionals.