Disadvantages Lack of adequate supervision, time and financial support were The disadvantages identified by the Allied Health rspondents identified by managers as the major disadvantages of Allied Health included dealing with aged persons may be confronting for some professional students in aged care. students and also dealing with death and dying may present difficulties for some students. Also identified was that it may “Aged care has time constraints, resourcing constraints” influence students to dislike aged care as a future workplace. “Limited time, facility and financial resources to co-ordinate “Has the potential to create a dislike for aged care due to the slow interdisciplinary student placements” rate of improvement (ie. over a 4 week placement, students may not actually see the benefit of physiotherapy intervention)” “Currently only part-time Allied Health professionals so may not be enough hours” “It’s not sexy” “Limited support” “Lack of qualified supervisors” Barriers The barriers identified were similar to the disadvantages listed The barriers identified by the Allied Health respondents were above. generally concerned with lack of appropriate supervision available; limited time available as most Allied Health professionals only “Funding for an educator would be required at a facility like mine” visited aged care facilities on a part-time basis; a lack of resources including financial resources was also identified. “Limited time, financial resources, supervision, peaks and troughs in student placements” “Lack of continuous professional supervision, frequently staffed by part-time professionals” “Requirement to ensure the students have a facilitator on site or access to a facilitator” “Finding full-time physiotherapy provisioned services” “Qualified supervision not always available”
Disadvantages Lack of adequate supervision, time and financial support were identified by managers as the major disadvantages of Allied Health professional students in aged care. “Aged care has time constraints, resourcing constraints” “Limited time, facility and financial resources to co-ordinate interdisciplinary student placements” “Currently only part-time Allied Health professionals so may not be enough hours” “Limited support” “Lack of qualified supervisors” The disadvantages identified by the Allied Health rspondents included dealing with aged persons may be confronting for some students and also dealing with death and dying may present difficulties for some students. Also identified was that it may influence students to dislike aged care as a future workplace. “Has the potential to create a dislike for aged care due to the slow rate of improvement (ie. over a 4 week placement, students may not actually see the benefit of physiotherapy intervention)” “It’s not sexy” Barriers The barriers identified were similar to the disadvantages listed above. “Funding for an educator would be required at a facility like mine” “Limited time, financial resources, supervision, peaks and troughs in student placements” “Requirement to ensure the students have a facilitator on site or access to a facilitator” The barriers identified by the Allied Health respondents were generally concerned with lack of appropriate supervision available; limited time available as most Allied Health professionals only visited aged care facilities on a part-time basis; a lack of resources including financial resources was also identified. “Lack of continuous professional supervision, frequently staffed by part-time professionals” “Finding full-time physiotherapy provisioned services” “Qualified supervision not always available”
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