Nurses' perspectives on old age and caring for adults aged 80 years and older: a cross-sectional study in long-term care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older care receivers of long-term care at home or in residential care are in sustained and close contact with nurses. Consequently, nurses' attitudes towards older adults and their care influences the quality of the delivered care. There is a dearth of research on long-term care nurses' attitudes towards older adults. We aimed to investigate Austrian long-term care (residential care and home care) nurses' attitudes towards adults 80 + and towards geriatric care, as well as possible influencing factors like personal and professional contact with older adults.

Methods

An online survey using a cross-sectional design was carried out in fall 2023 with a convenience sample of 875 Austrian nurses (qualified nurses, specialised nurses, nurses without diploma). The questio

SUBMITTER: Lampersberger LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature