Porat Irit, Iecovich Esther
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Home Health Care Serv Q. 2010 Jan;29(1):1-21. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2010.487035.
In Israel more than 54,000 immigrant live-in home care workers are providing personal care to frail elders. These home care workers emigrate from various countries and different cultures, speak other languages, and have other religions. The purposes of this study were: (a) to examine the patterns of the interpersonal relationships that develop between disabled elderly persons who were being cared for by migrant live-in home care workers, and (b) to explore the factors that best explain the patterns of these relationships. A convenience sample that included 100 frail elderly people was selected and respondents were face-to-face interviewed at their homes, using a structured questionnaire. The findings showed that the relationships that developed between migrant live-in home care workers and elderly care recipients were close and that language was not a significant barrier in establishing close relationships between them. Further, the findings showed that perceived similarity in personal qualities played the most significant role in determining the extent to which the relationships between them will be close. A similar cultural background such as ethnicity, and nonverbal and good understanding, rather than speaking a common language, were significant factors in facilitating close relationships.
在以色列，超过54000名住家护理移民工人为体弱的老年人提供个人护理服务。这些住家护理工人来自不同国家和文化背景，说着不同语言，有着不同宗教信仰。本研究的目的是：（a）考察由住家护理移民工人照顾的残疾老年人之间发展起来的人际关系模式；（b）探究最能解释这些关系模式的因素。选取了一个包含100名体弱老年人的便利样本，并使用结构化问卷在他们家中进行面对面访谈。研究结果表明，住家护理移民工人与老年护理对象之间发展起来的关系很亲密，而且语言并不是他们建立亲密关系的重大障碍。此外，研究结果表明，个人品质方面的感知相似性在决定他们之间关系亲密程度上起着最重要的作用。种族等相似的文化背景、非语言交流以及良好的理解，而非说共同语言，是促进亲密关系的重要因素。
