Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2020 Jun;39 Suppl 1:59-64. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12602. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
To examine the extent and scope of written policies about sexuality and sexual health for older people living in Australian residential aged care facilities.
Postal survey sent to all 2766 Australian residential aged care facilities. Respondents were asked to indicate whether the facility had written policies on sexuality and sexual health and to return copies. Content analysis was performed on policies returned.
Surveys were returned by 1094 facilities. Less than one-quarter reported having a policy regarding sexuality (n = 237/1049; 23%) or sexual health (n = 129/985; 13%). Less than one-tenth (n = 74/1049; 7%) returned a written policy; only two-thirds of these policies were dedicated to sexuality or sexual health.
Most residential aged care staff do not have access to policies on sexuality or sexual health to guide their practice resident intimacy and sexual health needs are at risk of being ignored.
调查澳大利亚养老院中老年人的性行为和性健康的书面政策的范围和程度。
向所有 2766 家澳大利亚养老院进行邮寄调查。要求受访者表明该机构是否有关于性行为和性健康的书面政策，并寄回副本。对寄回的政策进行内容分析。
有 1094 家养老院返回了调查问卷。不到四分之一的机构报告有关于性行为的政策（n = 237/1049；23%）或性健康的政策（n = 129/985；13%）。只有 74/1049 家（n = 74/1049；7%）返回了书面政策；其中只有三分之二的政策专门针对性行为或性健康。
大多数养老院的工作人员无法获得性行为或性健康政策的指导，因此他们可能会忽略居民的亲密关系和性健康需求。
