Development of a preventive practice program for elder abuse behavior and inappropriate care in long-term care insurance facilities

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12197
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: Kuniyoshi Midori 琉球大学, 医学部, 非常勤講師 (80214980)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者虐待 / 介護施設従事者 / 不適切なケア / 高齢者虐待防止 / 予防実践プログラム / 介護施設

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It was suggested that differences by job position, qualifications, years of experience, as well as work stress, ageism, and health-related QOL are related to perceptions of elder abuse behavior and inappropriate care. Based on these results and the opinions of the facility workers about the efforts that they consider necessary, the following six items were formulated as a preventive practice program. The main items are [understanding of dementia], [understanding of the elderly], [knowledge of elder abuse/understanding of the Elderly Abuse Prevention Act], [human rights and advocacy], [staff mental health], and [team approach]. As a future task, it is necessary to promote the content of each item and specific operational methods so that they can be better adapted to the actual site, while incorporating the opinions of facility workers.

Free Research Field

高齢看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

沖縄県の介護施設における高齢者虐待防止の体制構築を目指した取り組みの一環として、これまでの研究成果を踏まえ、本研究では、沖縄県介護施設従事者の高齢者虐待行為及び不適切なケアの現状と要因を明らかにし、その予防対策について検討することを目的としている。超高齢社会の進展とともに増加が懸念されている「高齢者虐待」に端を発し、本研究は、まだ十分に検証されていない地域における介護施設の現状を基盤としていることより学術的にも意義があり、自治体に対して提言できる資料として活用されることが期待できると考える。