Examining The Attitudes Towards the Elderly of Home Care And Patient Transport Service Personnel Within A Local Government

Tuğba Arslan; Fatma Özalp

doi:10.31067/acusaglik.1561520

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Examining The Attitudes Towards the Elderly of Home Care And Patient Transport Service Personnel Within A Local Government

Abstract

Objective: Older people have the right to be cared for in society with respect and dignity. Positive/negative attitudes towards the elderly may affect the quality of care and service. In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes of the personnel in charge of home care services and patient transportation services towards the elderly, which are increasing in Turkey today. Method: The descriptive cross-sectional study included 66 personnel (health and support staff). Participants were administered a data collection tool consisting of a general information form and the KOGAN Attitudes Towards the Elderly Scale. Results: The participants had been working in this position for 30.53±13.94 months, 45.5% of them were female, 77.2% of them had at least a high school diploma, and the average number of elderly they communicated with in a day was 9.61±4.77. It was found that the total score of the KOGAN elderly attitude scale of the patient transportation service personnel was significantly higher than the home care services group (p<0.05). It was determined that educational and occupational status, age, working time, the number of elderly people with whom they had contact in their private and professional lives did not affect their attitudes towards the elderly (p>0.05). Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that the attitudes of home care and patient transport personnel towards the elderly were at a moderate level. This attitude may be related to the fact that the elderly group served are long-term care patients and bedridden, regardless of personnel characteristics.

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Ethical Statement

Prior to undertaking the research, approval was sought and obtained from the Ethics Committee of Çankırı Karatekin University at a meeting held on 31 May 2021 and numbered 20. This approval was granted on the basis of the Committee's assessment of the ethical suitability of the research. Furthermore, permission was sought and obtained from Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, Department of Health and Social Services, where the research was conducted, on 22 November 2021. All participants were required to sign a voluntary informed consent form prior to their involvement in the research. The research was conducted in accordance with the principles set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank all participants who participated in this study and Muğla Metropolitan Municipality.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Geriatrics and Gerontology , Public Health (Other) , Primary Health Care , Health Services and Systems (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Tuğba Arslan
0000-0001-8726-0128
Türkiye

Fatma Özalp ^*
0000-0002-4544-4081
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

March 21, 2025

Publication Date

April 10, 2025

Submission Date

October 15, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 8, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1561520

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA95KP79XY

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Arslan T, Özalp F (April 1, 2025) Examining The Attitudes Towards the Elderly of Home Care And Patient Transport Service Personnel Within A Local Government. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 16 2 280–286.