Development of an Elder Abuse Prevention Program

这个项目计划在过去的两年里完成。在这项研究的第一年，首先成立了一个研究委员会，由地方政府官员(长野市和市川市)、社会福利服务提供者和学者组成，以促进这项研究并确定研究途径。作为讨论的结果，设计了四种类型的数据收集技术来收集关于防止虐待老年人的信息。采访了金泽市和欧布市等致力于防止虐待老年人的先进地方政府，并采访了虐待老年人热线咨询师。焦点小组采访了卫生、医疗和社会福利工作人员，并对老年人进行了焦点小组访谈，以了解老年人如何避免受到虐待。此外，还进行了老年人生活关注度的问卷调查。在对获得的数据进行分析的基础上，得出了老年人需要…的六个因素更多的是防止自己被虐待：1.经济来源2.观点和态度3.健康4.良好的关系5.社会制度和社会服务知识6.虐待知识。在本研究的第二年，由与第一年相同的成员组成的研究委员会召开了四次会议，评估和讨论了本研究第一年制定的新的虐待老人模式计划。该计划在三个不同的地方分别三次在试验基地实施：8月在长野市，10月在东京三中市，11月在市川市。每一次都对计划的效果进行评估，以改进计划。然后，通过听取咨询委员会的建议，该计划最终敲定；并创建了计划手册。最后，制定了以赋予老年人权力为重点的防止虐待老年人方案。较少

This project was scheduled last two years. In the first year of this study, at first, a research committee, which consisted of local government officials (Nagano city and Ichikawa city), social welfare service providers and academics, was formed to promote this study and to identify avenues of research. As a result of discussion, four types of data collection techniques were designed to gather information about elder abuse prevention. Interviews with advanced local governments such as Kanazawa city and Oubu city that work on elder abuse prevention and an interview with Elder Abuse Hotline counselors were taken place. The focus group interviews with health, medical and social welfare staffs, and the focus group interviews with older adults were conducted to obtain ideas about how older adults could avoid being abused. In addition, questionnaire surveys of life concern among older adults were conducted.Based on the From analysis of the obtained data, six factors that older adults need to … More prevent themselves from being abused were found: 1. financial resources 2. opinion and attitude 3. being healthy 4. good relationship 5. knowledge about social system and social services 6. knowledge about abuse. At the end of the first year, based on these six factors, a new model program on elder abuse prevention was developed.In the second year of this study, the research committee, which consistted of the same members as the first year, held meetings four times to evaluate and discuss the new model program on elder abuse prevention that was developed first year of this study. The program was implemented on trial base at three different places three times each; at Nagano city, Nagano in August, at Mitaka city, Tokyo in October and at Ichikawa-city in November. The program effectiveness was evaluated each time in order to improve the program. Then, by taking suggestions from Advisory committee, the program was finalized; and the program manual was created. Finally, the elder abuse prevention program which focuses on the empowerment of older adults was developed. Less