TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Aged care nurses' perception of unwanted sexual behaviour in Australian residential aged care services
JO  - Australasian journal on ageing
A1  - Smith, Daisy E.
A1  - Wright, Meghan T.
A1  - Ibrahim, Joseph E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To explore aged care nurses' awareness and experience of unwanted sexual behaviour (USB) in residential aged care services (RACS). <br><br>METHODS: An anonymous online questionnaire was administered to an opportunistic sample of RACS nurses enrolled to complete an e-learning course in Australia. From the 167 participants who expressed interest to enrol, 129 were eligible and 53 returned completed consent forms. <br><br>RESULTS: 46/53 responded of which most were females (41/45, 91.1%). Few respondents reported resident-resident USB (<35%) or staff-resident USB (<22%) happened once a year. Most respondents had not been informed by a resident of USB (>75%) or had personally reported USB within their internal reporting system (>77%). Respondents were also unaware if their facility had lodged an incident report to the regulator or law enforcement authorities within the past 12 months (34/46, 73.9%). Finally, most considered there to be no barriers to reporting USB (35/46, 77.8%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Respondents' awareness and estimates of USB directed at residents were much lower than known national prevalence rates. This lack of awareness could be a substantive barrier to recognition and optimal management of this form of abuse.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1440-6381
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13014
ID  - ref1
ER  -