Weeks Lori, Dupuis-Blanchard Suzanne, Arseneault Rina, MacQuarrie Colleen, Gagnon Danie, LeBlanc Ginette Marie
a School of Nursing , Dalhousie University , 5869 University Avenue, Halifax , Canada.
b School of Nursing, Research Chair in Population Aging CNFS, Director, Research Centre on Aging , Université de Moncton , Moncton , Canada.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2018 Mar-May;30(2):127-143. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2017.1388756. Epub 2017 Oct 13.
We conducted an online survey of professionals working in two Canadian provinces to learn about their knowledge of elder abuse from a gender-based perspective. A total of 169 professionals (90% women) completed a survey in either French or English. Five topic areas emerged from the analysis: the influence of gender on the risk of abuse; types of abuse detected; knowledge gaps; capacity to respond to gender-based abuse; and awareness of resources. To gain further insight into these results, we conducted three focus groups with a total of 24 professionals. Professionals held relatively little recognition of, or knowledge about, gender related to elder abuse. Our results indicate the need to develop educational and awareness raising opportunities for professionals who work with abused older adults in both French and English to identify and respond to the unique needs of older women and men.
我们对加拿大两个省份的专业人士进行了一项在线调查，以从基于性别的视角了解他们对虐待老年人问题的认识。共有169名专业人士（90%为女性）用法语或英语完成了一项调查。分析得出了五个主题领域：性别对虐待风险的影响；所发现的虐待类型；知识差距；应对基于性别的虐待的能力；以及对资源的认识。为了进一步深入了解这些结果，我们组织了三个焦点小组，共有24名专业人士参与。专业人士对与虐待老年人相关的性别问题认识相对较少，了解也不多。我们的结果表明，有必要为使用法语和英语与受虐待老年人打交道的专业人士提供教育和提高认识的机会，以便识别并满足老年女性和男性的独特需求。
