A study of Elderly Psychological Abuse in the Residential Setting: An Example from Central Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chang, Yuan Fen, 鄭元棻
• Other Authors: Huang, Chih Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59261847073656752101

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 社會政策與社會工作學系 === 100 === This study aimed to understand the elderly psychological abuse in the residential settings, This study investigate into the cause of residential settings caregivers’ working stress, the environment of the residential settings, the caregiver’s and the elderly characteristics. The main research method is quantitative method by using face-to-face surveys to collect data. A total of 86 samples that work in the residential settings completed this study in central Taiwan. The researcher also combined qualitative research by using in-depth interview, including 2 residential setting caregivers, 1 the chief of caregiver and 2 residential setting elderly. The main findings of this research are as following: Caregiver Psychological Elder Abuse Behavior Scale(CPEAB) was used to collect data, “Make him/her wear diapers unnecessarily” ,”Insult him/her by calling his/her full name”, and ”Deceive him/her” received the highest scores. 1.The causes of residential setting caregivers’ working stress are including the caregivers’ age, similar working experience, on-the-job training, the average hours that the caregivers work(per day), the average people of the elderly that caregivers care(per day), the behavior problems of the elderly, the number of elderly in the residential setting, the average age of the elderly, etc. 2.The risk factors for elderly psychological abuse are the environment of the residential settings, including the average charge, the number of the caregivers, and turnover rate; caregivers’ characteristics, including age, on-the-job training, financial burden; the behavior problems of the elderly; caregivers’ working stress. All of the variables accounted for 26% of the dependent variable. 3.From qualitative data, caregivers were insufficient to serve elderly, high turnover rate, the caregivers work too long and overloaded. Sometimes they ignore elderly requests. For convenience, they make elderly wear diapers unnecessarily. If they serve dementia elderly, they might impatient easily. Furthermore, when they serve the people that swear at them, again and again, they might be retorted. 4.This study demonstrates that psychological abuse of the elderly are common among in Taiwan, four clusters of risk factors, including residential settings caregivers’ characteristics and their working stress, elderly characteristics, the environment of the residential settings have been considered. According to the findings and conclusions, this study has suggestions for policy, practice, and further research.