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KMID : 0379220140340040897
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2014 Volume.34 No. 4 p.897 ~ p.916
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Care-takers’ Attitudes and Perceptions regarding Sexuality of the Elderly with Aged-Related Diseases in Long-term Care Facilities
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Kwak Guil-Sung
Park Yong-Soon
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to examine and identify the associations between the care-takers’ attitudes and perceptions regarding sexual behaviors of the aged in long-term care facilities. By using binary logistic regression with SPSS 20.0, data from 120 care-takers were analyzed to examine the probabilistic influence of the relationship between the attitudes and perceptions of the sexuality. The results showed that the care-takers’ attitudes toward the expression of sexuality by the elderly tended to be more permissive in general. However, their professional duties seemed to lead to a shift toward more positive/permissive attitudes; otherwise more conservative in their socio-cultural background. The finding showed that the attitudes had significant influence on the responses to the sexuality and confirmed that care-takers’ perceptions and responses were largely determined by their attitudes toward the sexuality of the elderly. In addition, the result showed that they have suffered from sexual abuse by sexual expressions of the aged in which they are under high level of stress. On the basis of the findings, it is advised to provide sexual education as well as set up policy and formal procedures for the sexual issues in order to advocate sexual rights of the aged and protect the care-takers from the sexual expressions.
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KEYWORD
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long-term care facilities , care-takers , the elderly , sexual behaviors , attitudes , perceptions
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