What counts as consent? Sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care, 2020
This national study conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand was a two-arm mixed-method cross-sectional ... more This national study conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand was a two-arm mixed-method cross-sectional study using a concurrent triangulation design. The quantitative arm includes the results of 433 staff surveys related to knowledge, attitude, behaviours and beliefs about sexuality, intimacy, and ageing. The qualitative arm includes interviews with 75 participants including staff, residents, and family members. The study addresses issues of decision-making around consent and sexuality, and includes issues related to dementia, transition to residential care, loneliness, physical structures and furnishings of care facilities, religion and ethnicity, sexual and gender diversity, sex work, and education. Facilities will want to establish policies about sexuality and intimacy and regularly communicate those policies and practices to staff, residents and family members. Facilities may also wish to consider educational events about gender and sexual diversity for residents and family members as well as staff. See the report online at https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/15720
What counts as consent? Sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care, 2020
This national study conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand was a two-arm mixed-method cross-sectional ... more This national study conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand was a two-arm mixed-method cross-sectional study using a concurrent triangulation design. The quantitative arm includes the results of 433 staff surveys related to knowledge, attitude, behaviours and beliefs about sexuality, intimacy, and ageing. The qualitative arm includes interviews with 75 participants including staff, residents, and family members. The study addresses issues of decision-making around consent and sexuality, and includes issues related to dementia, transition to residential care, loneliness, physical structures and furnishings of care facilities, religion and ethnicity, sexual and gender diversity, sex work, and education. Facilities will want to establish policies about sexuality and intimacy and regularly communicate those policies and practices to staff, residents and family members. Facilities may also wish to consider educational events about gender and sexual diversity for residents and family members as well as staff. See the report online at https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/15720
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