Workplace support, wellbeing and intention to leave among lone working healthcare assistants providing palliative and end-of-life care in the community: A mixed methods study
The study challenges assumptions about psychological distress experienced by this workforce while showing that targeted, personalised workplace support strategies could be key to retention, offering evidence-based pathways for strengthening workforce sustainability.
Authors
- Katarzyna Anna Patynowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-4537)
- Tracey McConnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8597)
- Emma Maun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-7817)
- Felicity Hasson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-9732)
- Anne Finucane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-059X)
- Colette McAtamney
- Erin Raquel Fantoni
- Natasha Wynne
- Jonathan Clemo
- Epiphany Leone
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Marie Curie (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163251395576
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- Ulster University