Meert Sam, De Donder Liesbeth
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Elsene, Belgium.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2025 Jan-Feb;37(1):24-49. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2024.2428945. Epub 2024 Nov 14.
The present study focuses on elder abuse in the home care setting. The aim of this study was to explore home care nurses' definition, general perspectives and experiences of elder abuse, and the barriers they experience to avoid elder abuse. Individual qualitative interviews were held with Flemish home care nurses ( = 17), employed by a Dutch home nursing organization. Data analysis was performed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results showed that (1) participants' understanding of elder abuse was based on intuition and daily practice. (2) Participants highlighted several institutional barriers to avoid elder abuse. (3) The participating home care organizations did not have a standard protocol to report or handle elder abuse. Institutional structures, procedures and decisions should be critically reviewed as to how they lead to staff abusing older adults.
本研究聚焦于家庭护理环境中的虐待老年人问题。本研究的目的是探讨家庭护理护士对虐待老年人的定义、总体看法和经历，以及他们在避免虐待老年人方面所面临的障碍。对受雇于一家荷兰家庭护理机构的弗拉芒家庭护理护士（n = 17）进行了个体定性访谈。采用反思性主题分析法进行数据分析。结果表明：（1）参与者对虐待老年人的理解基于直觉和日常实践。（2）参与者强调了避免虐待老年人的几个制度障碍。（3）参与研究的家庭护理机构没有报告或处理虐待老年人问题的标准方案。应严格审查机构结构、程序和决策如何导致工作人员虐待老年人。
