An Evaluation of the Role, Theory, and Practice of the Occupation of Homemaker

Abstract

Homemaker service is currently used throughout Canada as a way of extending health care and social service assistance to certain clients. While the utilization of homemaker service has been increasing dramatically in the last decade, there have been no studies that have attempted to look at the congruency or discrepancy between what the hornemaker is trained to do and what she actually does in practice within the home of the client. This study, conducted in the lower mainland of British Columbia in 1981 presents such an evaluative analysis of the homemaker.