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KMID : 0379220130330040761
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2013 Volume.33 No. 4 p.761 ~ p.773
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An Exploratory Study on the Ethical Conflict of Care Workers at Geriatric Long-Term Care Facilities
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Kim Seon-Young
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Abstract
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The objective of this research is to study the ethical conflict of care workers working at geriatric long-term care facilities. The study has subjected the facility heads and managers working at geriatric long-term care facilities located throughout the nation for the study. The study utilized a total of 171 survey data points to assess the ethical conflict experienced by care workers, experiences of ethics education, the need for ethics education, and the characteristics of individuals and institutions as well as their respective relationship with ethical conflict. The study also investigated situations involving ethical conflict as experienced by care workers for our analysis. Based on the results of our analysis, 54.4% of subjects experienced ethical conflict, and only 27.5% of the subjects responded that they received ethics education. Furthermore, it was shown that females experienced more ethical conflict than males, and the group with experiences of ethics education had more ethical conflict than the group without the experiences. In specifics, the ethical conflict involved institutional issues, management of the institution, violence, human rights, role conflicts, accidents, and monetary issues. Future policy directions based on the research results are presented as follows: First, a continued and systemized ethics education is needed for those working at geriatric long-term care facilities. Second, a detailed manual must be prepared to address ethical conflict. Third, a code of ethics applicable to the care workers must be established and implemented.
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KEYWORD
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Geriatric Long-term care facility, ethical conflict, ethics education, care workers
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