澳大利亚前线服务应对COVID-19期间的老年虐待:学习,成功和为灾难做好准备
Bianca Brijnath1,2,3, Peter Feldman1, Briony Dow1,4,3
1National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,澳大利亚维多利亚州的老年人虐待情况恶化. 服务提供商需要提高技能和系统改进,以更好地应对灾害准备和虐待老年人.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,老年人虐待服务面临了前所未有的挑战.
- 在疫情期间,脆弱的老年人群面临着更大的风险.
研究的目的:
- 检查澳大利亚维多利亚州的服务提供商在COVID-19大流行期间 (2020-2021) 如何应对老年人虐待.
- 确定挑战,并制定建议,以改善部门在灾害期间对老年人虐待的准备.
主要方法:
- 第一阶段:对23个前线服务组织的29名员工进行了采访.
- 第二阶段:与15个服务提供商举行联合设计研讨会,以支持建议.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告说,老年人虐待的严重程度和频率有所增加.
- 服务的偏远和数字素养差距阻碍了对弱势老年人的风险评估.
- 主要建议侧重于提高提供者的技能,增强服务系统,改善直接支持.
结论:
- 疫情加剧了对老年人的虐待,突出了系统性的脆弱性.
- 加强培训,改进服务系统和有针对性的支持对于应对虐待老年人的灾难准备至关重要.
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