Understanding the nature of career mentoring is important for improving the career experience of aged care workers. This study explores the career mentoring behaviours of sponsorship, coaching, advocacy, challenging assignments, exposure and visibility in the residential aged care context. Interviews were conducted with 32 aged workers from several occupations within the care context. It was found that career mentoring in the aged care context was limited. The mentor behaviours of coaching, sponsorship and advocacy were limited and there was no opportunity in aged care to provide challenging assignments or promote exposure and visibility. Organisations and managers can facilitate learning and personal development by providing inclusive training for all workers regardless of the need to meet professional registration requirements. Learning needs to be continuous as careers and clinical techniques evolve. Extension of existing mentoring programmes to include all care workers would improve overall quality of care in residential aged care facilities.

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老年护理的职业指导：并非全部

了解职业指导的性质对于改善老年护理工作者的职业体验很重要。本研究探讨了在住宅老年护理环境中的赞助、辅导、倡导、具有挑战性的任务、曝光度和知名度等职业指导行为。对来自护理环境中多个职业的 32 名老年工人进行了采访。发现老年护理环境中的职业指导是有限的。指导、赞助和倡导的导师行为有限，老年护理中没有机会提供具有挑战性的任务或提高曝光率和知名度。无论是否需要满足专业注册要求，组织和管理人员都可以通过为所有工人提供包容性培训来促进学习和个人发展。随着职业和临床技术的发展，学习需要持续进行。扩大现有的指导计划以包括所有护理人员将提高住宅老年护理机构的整体护理质量。