Abstract
This study compared nurses’ and care workers’ scores on the Dialogue Preference Scales for Elderly (DPSE) created from data from nursing students in Japan. For this forward-looking, quantitative, questionnairebased study, data collection was conducted from 2010 to 2012 with care seminar participants in Japan. Participants were nurses (n = 277; 36.96 ± 10.33 years old, males; 4.33% females; 95.66%) and care workers (n = 83; 40.52 ± 11.68 years old, males; 25.30% females; 74.69). The samples varied significantly in mean age (p < 0.05) and gender (p < 0.001). The number of years of experience was 139.94 for nurses with SD = 10.99 and 90.99 for care workers with SD = 45.44 (p < 0.001).
Highlights
Background and PurposeThis research grew from the realities of Japan as an aging society
It has been shown that nurses who care for older people with disabilities may have a bias against ailing older people [11]
Survey respondents should have had sufficient knowledge to interact with the elderly, as the nurses had an average of 10 years and care workers an average of eight years of experience
Summary
Background and PurposeThis research grew from the realities of Japan as an aging society. The percentage of older people in the population is steadily increasing. By 2019, this percentage had risen to 28.4%. This percentage is projected to increase to 30.0% by 2025 and 35.3% by 2040 based on estimates from 2019. The problems faced by Japan’s aging population should be addressed in policy measures designed to help older people live independently and in good health for as long as possible. Supporting this goal, the Healthy Japan 21 policy was released in 2000, followed by the enactment of the Health Promotion Law in 2002
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