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Gerontology & Geriatrics Studies

Elderly Sexual Abuse in Residential Homes: Issues of Concern

Submission: May 01, 2020;Published: May 15, 2020

DOI: 10.31031/GGS.2020.06.000627

ISSN 2578-0093
Volume 6 Issue 1

Abstract

This paper identifies issues of concern in relation to sexual abuse of elders in all aged-care residential homes and issues of concern that are most pertinent to faith-based aged-care facilities. However, the conflict of the rights of residents and, at times, competing rights and the moral values of the staff that care for them is not strictly an issue that is solely of concern to faith-based aged-care facilities. The most pressing issue is cognitive impairment especially as it relates to consent, but also as far as it relates to changes in sexual appetite and the vulnerabilities of people with cognitive impairment. These issues arising from cognitive impairment are discussed along with the rights of residents in nursing homes to increased freedoms, including sexual freedoms.

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