Development strategy of nursing assistants in the scenario of elderly care with medical support / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

The huge shortage of nursing assistants in the industry, has made it imperative and feasible to build and develop a team of nursing assistants. This paper studied the present situation and problems of the nursing assistants in China, naming such setbacks as the personnel shortage, low competence, and poor professionalism. In comparison, overseas experiences in teambuilding were introduced with recommendations raised for China. These recommendations include higher social approval of elderly care industry, innovative development mechanism of nursing assistants, appraisal mechanism for nursing assistants performance, and better fund raising mechanisms for their incentives and training.