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Occupational Injuries , Illnesses , and Fatalities among Nursing , Psychiatric , and Home Health Aides , 1995-2004
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hoskins, Anne B. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Over the 10-year period from 1995 to 2004, nearly 800,000 nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides were injured or became sick while on the job, with musculoskeletal disorders the most common type of nonfatal injury or illness reported; over the same period, 154 workers in this occupation were killed on the job, with transportation accidents the most common event leading to fatalities. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides make up nearly two-thirds of all healthcare support occupations. The group consists of three component occupations: home health aides; nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; and psychiatric aides. The component occupations differ mostly in the location at which care is being provided: homes of patients, residential facilities, medical hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides provide basic patient care--such as bathing, grooming, feeding, dressing, and moving assistance--generally under the direction of professional nursing staff. This article examines workplace fatalities and nonfatal injuries and illnesses in this occupational group over the 10-year period from 1995 to 2004. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/occupational-injuries-illnesses-and-fatalities-among-nursing-psychiatric-and-home-health-aides-1995-2004.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
