Empowering care competence of male elderly by group approaches in community

本研究旨在探讨男性老人居家照护的介入方案及其评估方法。护理能力包括对自身衰老的认识、对身体护理和家务管理的知识和技能以及对社会支持资源的利用。1）结果：对家庭护理的知识、技能和态度通过量化评估，老年人对社会支持资源的认识较实施前有显著提高。但在照顾技能和对家庭照顾态度的自我效能上没有显著差异。因此，通过对数据的分析，发现他们对家庭照顾有更多的关注，并了解到家庭照顾是他们自己面临的严重问题。老年人对居家照顾的理解有接受照顾和给予照顾两个方面。他们确定了提供良好家庭护理的条件。2）男性老年人照顾能力的特点在照顾技能、社会资源知识和对家庭照顾的态度等方面，男性和女性的自我效能感差异无统计学意义。但他们对家庭护理有不同的担忧。男性从政治的角度考虑，女性从家庭关系和日常照顾行为的角度考虑。3）对老年人小组活动的评价他们积极参与小组活动，证明了小组活动是一种积极的学习方式，对老年人是一种有用的方法。

This study aimed to explore an intervention program for home care to male elderly and its evaluation method. Caring competence was defined as recognition of own aging, knowledge and skill regarding physical care and house keeping, and using social support resources.1) Outcome : knowledge, skill and attitude regarding home careBy quantitative evaluation, elderly persons gained significantly more knowledge about social support resources than before the program. But there were no significant difference in self-efficacy on caring skills and attitude about home careTherefore by quality data analysis, they were found to have more concern regarding home care and to learn much so that they recognized the issues of home care as sever problem for themselves. Elderly understood home care from two view points ; receiving care and giving care. They identified the condition for giving good home care. In addition, they thought about the necessity of learning to be a good carereceiver, their aging lives, socialization of elderly caring, and the importance of health self-control.2) Feature of caring competence of male elderlyThere was no statistical difference between male and female in self-efficacy on caring skills, knowledge of social resources and attitude toward home care. But they had different concerns about home care. Males thought about it from a political stand point and females thought about it in terms of family relationships and daily caring behaviors.3) Evaluation of group approach for elderlyAs they participated in group works positively way, it proved that a group approach which was an aggressive learning style was a useful method for the elderly.