Porter Eileen J, Lasiter Sue, Poston Emily
University of Missouri, Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, USA.
J Women Aging. 2005;17(4):77-92. doi: 10.1300/J074v17n04_06.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the experience of older women relative to trusting hired non-professional home-care helpers. Open-ended interviews were done about the home-care experience with 25 women over three years, and 14 women (age 80-93) shared data about hiring and trusting helpers. The women perceived risks to personal safety that adversely influenced willingness to seek new helpers. After hiring a helper, the women were still trying to discern whether the helper could be trusted. Primary-care providers should enable older women to recognize and reduce the risk of having helpers and to monitor helpers' behavior, as well as assessing the psychosocial status of women who have such helpers.
这项现象学研究的目的是描述老年女性在信任雇佣的非专业家庭护理助手方面的经历。在三年时间里，对25名女性进行了关于家庭护理经历的开放式访谈，其中14名女性（年龄在80 - 93岁之间）分享了有关雇佣和信任助手的数据。这些女性察觉到个人安全方面的风险，这对她们寻求新助手的意愿产生了不利影响。雇佣助手后，这些女性仍在试图判断该助手是否值得信任。初级保健提供者应帮助老年女性认识并降低拥有助手的风险，监督助手的行为，同时评估有此类助手的女性的心理社会状况。
