Sexuality in Older Adults: Effect of an Education Intervention on Attitudes and Beliefs of Residential Aged Care Staff

Bauer, Michael; McAuliffe, Linda; Nay, Rhonda; Chenco, Carol

doi:10.1080/03601277.2012.682953

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“…Participants' demographics are presented in Table 1. <Insert Table 1> Similar with previously reported reliability coefficients for the ASKAS when administered to aged care staff (Bauer et al, 2013;White, 1982), a satisfactory Cronbach's alpha of .93 (i.e. .91 at pretest and .94 at posttest) was found in the study sample.…”

Section: B the Staff Attitudes About Intimacy And Dementia (Said) Susupporting

confidence: 81%

“…While psychometric properties have yet to be determined, the SAID has previously been used in another similar study by Bauer et al (2013). A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t what they thought.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Improvement in care staff understanding and response towards the expression of sexuality by people with dementia can improve quality of life, health and well-being as well as reduce potential tensions between staff-resident-family when sexual expression is considered to be inappropriate. To date, the limited research on educational interventions has demonstrated that education of sexuality and ageing can improve both knowledge and attitudes of staff in RACFs (Bauer, McAuliffe, Nay, & Chenco, 2013). Currently, no study has looked at the efficacy of an eLearning education intervention that can support selfdirected learning and access to training materials by aged care staff.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Sexuality & dementia: An eLearning resource to improve knowledge and attitudes of aged-care staff

Jones

Moyle

2016

Educational Gerontology

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Expression of sexuality by older people, particularly those with dementia, can be challenging and confronting for aged care staff. Education on this topic is often a low priority area for aged care organisations and there appears to be limited training programs available. Results from our study highlighted the value of an eLearning education intervention that significantly increased aged care staff and nursing students' level of knowledge relating to older people's sexuality. It also improved their attitudes and permissiveness towards late life sexuality and the expression of sexuality by people with dementia. Furthermore, respondents reported the importance of existing workplace policy (if any) on the expression of sexuality, the overall signs of wellbeing and ill-being exhibited by people with dementia, and the need for guided discussions with family members. Significant improvements in staff understanding and response towards the expression of sexuality by people with dementia may enable the facilitation of a care environment that is supportive of the verbalisation and expression of sexual preference, need and desire by people with dementia. This can, in turn, improve quality of life, health and wellbeing for people with dementia as well as reduce potential tensions between staff-resident-family when sexual expression is considered to be inappropriate.

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Section: B the Staff Attitudes About Intimacy And Dementia (Said) Susupporting

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Section: B the Staff Attitudes About Intimacy And Dementia (Said) Sumentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Moyle

2016

Educational Gerontology

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“…The baby boomers in the first study expressed concerns about the capacity of aged care services, particularly residential, to recognize their expectations about sexual expression (Rowntree, 2014). These fears about erosion in sexual autonomy appear well-founded given that previous studies have found that sexual expression in aged care facilities remains invisible and problematic (Frankowski & Clark, 2009), negative attitudes exist by staff towards residents' sexual expression (Bouman, Arcelus, & Benbow, 2007;Gilmer et al, 2010), education is still required to improve staff attitudes and beliefs (Bauer, McAuliffe, Nay, & Chenco, 2012;Shuttleworth, Russell, Weerakoon, & Dune, 2010;Walker & Harrington, 2002), including training in sexual diversity and hetero-normativity (Tolley & Ranzijn, 2006) and other institutional barriers exist, such as lack of privacy (Gilmer et al, 2010), and lack of information and policies (Bauer, Nay, & McAuliffe, 2009). …”

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Need or right: Sexual expression and intimacy in aged care

Rowntree

Zufferey

2015

Journal of Aging Studies

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This paper explores how the residential aged care sector could engage with residents' sexual expression and intimacy. It is informed by a study of 19 aged care staff members and 23 community members, and initially designed on the principles of Appreciative Inquiry methodology. The data were collected through focus groups and interviews and analyzed using discourse analysis. We found that staff members mainly conceptualize sexual expression as a need to be met, while community members (current and prospective residents) understand it as a right to be exercised. We conclude that the way in which sexual expression is conceptualized has critical implications for the sector's engagement with this topic. A 'needs' discourse informs policies, procedures and practices that enable staff to meet residents' needs, while a 'rights' discourse shapes policies, practices and physical designs that improve residents' privacy and autonomy, shifting the balance of power towards them. The former approach fits with a nursing home medical model of care, and the latter with a social model of service provision and consumption.

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“…The results found by Bauer, McAuliffe, Nay, and Chenco (2013) indicate that a relatively short educational program (3-hour training) can have a significant impact on the staff permissiveness and attitudes towards sexuality of older patients. These findings show that training programs with a heavy workload do not guarantee effective training.…”

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confidence: 83%

Sexuality education for health professionals: A literature review

Cesnik

Zerbini

2017

Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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The objective of this study was to review the scientific literature addressing educational actions related to the training of health professionals in sexuality between 2003 and 2013. The results obtained show that college seniors, recent college graduates, or those working in hospitals and other health care facilities are not adequately prepared to meet patients' needs regarding sexuality. Several studies have shown improvement in the health practitioners' ability to deal with patients' sexuality issues after participating in training programs in sexuality, regardless of the course load. According to the articles reviewed, in order to improve the performance and comfort level of health practitioners to deal with patients' sexuality concerns, investments in educational actions are necessary. The objective of the present study is to conduct a literature review on the Training, Development, and Education (TD&E) actions for health practitioners regarding sexuality. The way these professionals have been dealing with sexuality issues will be firstly discussed, followed by the TD&E concept. Keywords

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Sexuality in Older Adults: Effect of an Education Intervention on Attitudes and Beliefs of Residential Aged Care Staff

Cited by 68 publications

References 29 publications

Sexuality & dementia: An eLearning resource to improve knowledge and attitudes of aged-care staff

Sexuality & dementia: An eLearning resource to improve knowledge and attitudes of aged-care staff

Need or right: Sexual expression and intimacy in aged care

Sexuality education for health professionals: A literature review

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