Investigation of abuse tendency among disabled elderly caregivers

VernacularTitle:广州地区居家失能老年人主要照顾者虐待倾向调查
Author: Cuilan CHU ¹ ; Tingting LIN ; Ying ZHOU ; Guocheng WANG ; Zhi YANG ; Lexin YUAN ; Xiashu YAN ; Honglian RUAN
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1. 510180,广州卫生职业技术学院护理系
Keywords: Aged; Disabled; Caregivers; Abuse tendency
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2018;34(8):573-576
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the abuse tendency of disabled elderly caregivers and analyze its causes.Methods With the convenience sampling method,The main caregivers of 300 disabled elderly people were investigated by the general questionnaire, Activities Daily Living Scale (ADLs) and Caregiver Abuse Screen (CASE) in Guangzhou. Results The degree of disability of the elderly was moderate to severe degree.The average score of the elderly caregiver′s propensity for abuse tendency was(3.3 ± 2.3).178 (59.4 %, 178/300) of the elderly caregivers have abuse tendency (the average score was more than 3). Conclusion Caregivers′ abuse tendency against the elderly is high. The situation of the elderly is not optimistic.