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    The document discusses the issue of workforce shortage in the adult home care sector. It is causing increasing waiting lists and patients being stuck in hospitals as there are not enough home care workers. The research aims to investigate the reasons for the shortage, its effects, and potential solutions to address the problem.

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    The document discusses the issue of workforce shortage in the adult home care sector. It is causing increasing waiting lists and patients being stuck in hospitals as there are not enough home care workers. The research aims to investigate the reasons for the shortage, its effects, and potential solutions to address the problem.

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    The document discusses the issue of workforce shortage in the adult home care sector. It is causing increasing waiting lists and patients being stuck in hospitals as there are not enough home care workers. The research aims to investigate the reasons for the shortage, its effects, and potential solutions to address the problem.

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    The document discusses the issue of workforce shortage in the adult home care sector. It is causing increasing waiting lists and patients being stuck in hospitals as there are not enough home care workers. The research aims to investigate the reasons for the shortage, its effects, and potential solutions to address the problem.

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    Workforce shortage in Adultcare

    Introduction
    The importance of home care cannot be overemphasized,majority of the aged population are leaning
    more towards staying in their rather than moving into care home.It is not peculiar for people to want the
    comfort of their homes which is why home care significance has grown quite considerably.Home care
    needs can range from just basic assistance around the house,assistance with appointments ,grocery
    shopping assistance,medication reminders to even just basic companionship.

    Apart from the needs home care satisfies there are also numerous benefits it provides such as cost savings
    aspect,helps in maintaining self dignity,higher safety benefits,better relationships and also provides some
    sentimental benefits as well.This benefits are greatly important and satisfying to the aged population as
    most of them are more drawn to the simpler things in life and home care can serve as a great provider for
    this.

    Waiting list of patients needing care and number of people getting sicker is steadily rising and one of the
    major causes of these is shortage of homecare workers.Due to the dwindling numbers of these social
    workers thousands of people are forced to stay longer in hospital which inturn is affecting the availability
    of care for others.According to the Guardian almost one in four people are unable to be discharged and
    sent home just because they are waiting for home care and agencies are unable to provide these workers
    for them in time which inturn leads to them being trapped in hospitals for weeks.

    The purpose research is to look into the issue and is ever growing effect on health and social care
    sector.The research will aim at providing the reasons behind the shortages, the problem it poses and
    proffer solutions to how it can be addressed.it will seek why workers are quittin and the difficulty in
    recruiting new ones.Additionally it will try list and explain the effects it has had on health and social and
    why addressing it quickly should take forefront.it will aso focus proposing solutions that will help in
    trying to solve this problem

    2.2 Aims and objectives of the research topics


    In the light of the above discussion this work will aim at emphasizing more on the problem on workforce
    shortage and this sector and provide an analysis of why and what is the cause of the dwindling numbers
    and policy or procedures that should be employed to address the situation

    Specific objectives

    ● to determine the present number of available workers in ratio to the patients/aged people who are
    indeed in need of care .It will aim at seeking if there is actually a decline in the number of social
    workers or is it just a view created by the media. These questions will involve engagement with
    the current research on the social workers in questio and policies are in place and the relationship
    between them.
    ● To find out how aware people are to this problem and what challenges if any, might have created
    for them in taking care of their loved ones.additionally it will also aim at finding the cost
    implications on these people and overall health of the society.
    ● To explore what measures are being employed to solve the problem posed by the shortage and
    how it can be improved on

    Ethical considerations
    Since this project has such a unique nature, certain ethical considerations must be considered. In the first
    instance, all participants will be treated respectfully and courteously. As part of our informed consent
    strategy, we will make sure that the research's aim and methods are made clear to all participants.The
    confidentiality and anonymity of individual respondents will be assured, and consent will be
    sought for the interviews before they are recorded.Finally results of these finding will be posted
    in the research as well.

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