Care Staff's Sense-making of Intimate and Sexual Expressions of People with Dementia in Dutch Nursing Homes
Conclusions: Intimate and sexual expressions of residents can put care relations under pressure. Care relations that lack professional distance may compromise care professionals' judgments, impede their natural boundaries and decrease their well-being.Clinical implications: Along with implementing PCC principles, organizations should empower staff to develop, discuss and include self-reflection skills and personal boundaries within their work.PMID:34080959 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2021.1928357
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Karien Waterschoot Tineke S M Roelofs Leonieke C van Boekel Katrien G Luijkx Source Type: research
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