Stress reduction for paid home care aides: A feasibility study of mindfulness meditation and Tai Chi interventions.
Home health care services quarterly October 2, 2023 Allison K Hansell, Richard Olmstead, Eric López Maya et al. 4 citations
A comparison of mindful awareness practices (MAPs) meditation versus Korean-style Tai Chi for home care aides found that both groups improved in depression, insomnia, and negative affect over six weeks. Only the MAPs group showed sustained improvement in negative affect at three-month follow-up. At that point, 75% of MAPs participants continued practicing, compared to 55% of Tai Chi participants. MAPs were deemed more practical and easier to integrate into daily life, leading to their selection for scaling as a benefit for home care aides.