Inadequate Health Literacy Among Paid Caregivers of Seniors

This study seeks to evaluate whether direct care workers caring for elders possess adequate ”health literacy,” specifically regarding medication administration and accompaniment of elders to physician appointments. More than one-third (35.7%) of workers surveyed displayed inadequate health literacy. The authors concluded that ”caregivers are often held responsible for tasks outside of their skill set, while they are unfairly taken advantage of with low pay and difficult conditions.”

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