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sures to extend the working capacity of employees ohranjanje in krepitev zdravja | maintaining and promoting health
in the institutional care of the elderly
Nataša Štandeker, Bojana Filej, Nadja Plazar
Alma mater europaea Maribor-ECM, Slovenska ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Introduction: The aging of the population brings with it a number of social chal-
lenges, among which certainly is the provision of a sufficient number of employ-
ees in the institutional care of the elderly. Several studies have found that main-
ly graduate and nursing staff often leave the profession and take advantage of
early retirement opportunities, which worsens the already poor staffing con-
ditions in the institutional care of the elderly. Through our own research, we
wanted to find out what measures to extend working ability could reduce job
abandonment and early retirement among employees in the institutional care
of the elderly.
Methods: The research was performed using the delphia methodology. The
research, which took place in three rounds, involved 12 renowned experts in
the field of institutional care management for the elderly from Austria, Croatia
and Slovenia. In the first round, the experts answered open-ended questions,
proposing measures from individual elements of working capacity, as proposed
in the working capacity model. In the next two rounds, the proposed measures
were ranked according to the importance of implementation in work process-
es using the five-point Likart scale.
Results: In the first round of the research, the participating experts proposed
a total of 123 measures to extend the working capacity of employees in the in-
stitutional care of the elderly. A total of 21 measures were placed on the list of
the most important measures.
Discussion and conclusion: The proposed measures are a guide to further
work in management in the field of ensuring a sufficient number of employees
in work processes in institutional care for the elderly and action in terms of re-
ducing the level of turnover among employees in this area.
Key words: working capacity, institutional care for the elderly, measures to
extend working capacity
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in the institutional care of the elderly
Nataša Štandeker, Bojana Filej, Nadja Plazar
Alma mater europaea Maribor-ECM, Slovenska ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Introduction: The aging of the population brings with it a number of social chal-
lenges, among which certainly is the provision of a sufficient number of employ-
ees in the institutional care of the elderly. Several studies have found that main-
ly graduate and nursing staff often leave the profession and take advantage of
early retirement opportunities, which worsens the already poor staffing con-
ditions in the institutional care of the elderly. Through our own research, we
wanted to find out what measures to extend working ability could reduce job
abandonment and early retirement among employees in the institutional care
of the elderly.
Methods: The research was performed using the delphia methodology. The
research, which took place in three rounds, involved 12 renowned experts in
the field of institutional care management for the elderly from Austria, Croatia
and Slovenia. In the first round, the experts answered open-ended questions,
proposing measures from individual elements of working capacity, as proposed
in the working capacity model. In the next two rounds, the proposed measures
were ranked according to the importance of implementation in work process-
es using the five-point Likart scale.
Results: In the first round of the research, the participating experts proposed
a total of 123 measures to extend the working capacity of employees in the in-
stitutional care of the elderly. A total of 21 measures were placed on the list of
the most important measures.
Discussion and conclusion: The proposed measures are a guide to further
work in management in the field of ensuring a sufficient number of employees
in work processes in institutional care for the elderly and action in terms of re-
ducing the level of turnover among employees in this area.
Key words: working capacity, institutional care for the elderly, measures to
extend working capacity
121
