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Wegener, Charlotte – Journal of Education and Work, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the intersection between institutional requirements for reflection and students' actual reflection initiatives in the social and health care education programmes. A situated perspective makes it possible to illuminate individuals' commitment, curiosity and uncertainty as bases for understanding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflection, Vocational Education, Ethnography
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Shinan-Altman, Shiri; Cohen, Miri – Gerontologist, 2009
Background: Nursing aides' attitudes condoning elder abuse are a possible risk factor for executing abusive behaviors against elder residents of long-term care facilities but have been studied infrequently. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess nursing aides' attitudes that condone abusive behaviors toward elderly people, as well as the…
Descriptors: Low Income, Burnout, Role Conflict, Risk
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Lee, Minhong; Kolomer, Stacey – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective: This study aims to identify the psychometric properties of the Impulsive Feelings to Commit Elder Abuse (IFCEA) scale. Method: The sample included 387 South Korean family caregivers for their older family members with disabilities. Results: The internal consistency of the IFCEA was very good, and claims for the construct validity were…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Caregivers, Construct Validity, Test Validity
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Tam, Sandra; Neysmith, Sheila – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2006
Based on a qualitative study of home care workers, this paper aims to understand elder abuse of Chinese Canadians. The findings show disrespect is the key form elder abuse takes in the Chinese community. As a culturally specific form of abuse, disrespect remains invisible under categories of elder abuse derived from a Western cultural perspective.…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Elder Abuse, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
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Litwin, Howard; Zoabi, Sameer – Social Work Research, 2004
The goal of the study was to determine the relative strength of four major explanations for the rise of elder abuse among a population in transition from traditional to modern culture. The study compared a sample of 120 abused elderly Arab Israelis with a control group of 120 nonabused older adults from the same background. The abuse status…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Integration