被监禁的老年囚犯对衰老和医疗保健的经验
Michelle I Suh1,2, Stephen Chen3, Megan Benavides3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University Health, 55 Claverick St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. misuhmed@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|March 11, 2026
概括
由于老龄化和残疾,监狱中的老年人面临着物理环境和获得医疗保健的重大挑战. 许多人依赖囚犯的帮助,强调需要改善监狱条件和医疗服务.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老年人是美国惩戒设施中增长最快的人口.
- 现有研究表明,监狱中的老年人面临的挑战包括获得医疗保健和在环境中导航.
- 对于监狱中被监禁的老年人老龄化和获得医疗保健的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索在县监狱监禁的老年人 (50岁以上) 的生活经历.
- 调查老龄化和残疾如何影响监狱环境的导航.
- 了解这一群体获得医疗保健的障碍和促进因素.
主要方法:
- 对20名被监禁的老年人进行了半结构化的定性采访,这些老年人被转到急诊室.
- 专注于对监狱老龄化和获得医疗保健的经验的采访.
- 在数据编码和主题识别方面采用了诱导方法.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告说,由于与衰老相关的问题和未解决的残疾 (例如移动性,视力,震) 而在监狱环境中遇到重大困难.
- 由于有限的系统性住宿,依赖其他囚犯的帮助是常见的.
- 获得医疗保健的障碍包括不清楚的程序,对医务人员的不信任以及数字系统的困难.
- 积极的医疗保健经验往往涉及工作人员的偶然帮助.
结论:
- 尽管有权获得医疗保健,但老年囚犯面临着充满挑战的监狱环境和严重的医疗保健接入障碍.
- 监狱环境的适应年龄的修改和改善的医疗保健服务模式是必要的.
- 需要进一步的研究来解决这个弱势群体的独特需求.
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