老人虐待

Elder Abuse

10.6386/CGN.200612_17(4).0006

曾姿瑛(Tzu-Ying Tseng)；陳玉敏(Yuh-Min Chen)

老人虐待 ； 老人 ； 老人護理 ； elder abuse ； elder ； gerontological naming

長庚護理

17卷4期（2006 / 12 / 01）

447 - 454

繁體中文

老人虐待的議題在國內外普遍被認爲是項社會性問題，且其嚴重性不斷的增長，值得健康照護人員的重視。然而老人虐待的發生頻型及原因是多重且複雜的，必須由不同的角度及相關因素探討。因此護理人員應具有老人虐待評估、主動發掘受虐老人問題，適時提供介入措施，防止虐待的問題持續發生，使老人能生活在安心、安樂、安全的環境。

Elder abase is now recognized internationally as a pervasive and growing problem, seeding the attention of health rare providers. however, types and causes of elder abase are multiple and complex, this problem has to he explored from different perspectives and associated variables. Therefore, nurses should possess professional knowledge and skills in assessment. prevention, and management of elder abase, as well as keep alertness about warning signals. It is necessary for nurses to perform holistic assessment, to intervene actively, and to provide elders safe. easy, and non-threatening environments.