The study on the intention of long-term care institution's principal to settle down people with HIV/AIDS

• Main Authors: Shu-Chun Li, 李淑春
• Other Authors: Huei-Chin Ho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06070839530399981978

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 社會福利與社會工作學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === The main purpose of this study is to understand whether the owners of the long-term care institutions are willing to resettle HIV-infected people after receiving in-service education courses. In this study, we adoptedqualitative research methodology and conducted in-depth interviews with 14 owners of long-term care institutions in central Taiwan. Theresults of this studyshow that: 1. The owners haveinsufficient knowledge of HIV-infected people, lack expertise and means to take care of HIV-infected people from previousschool education; they are also anxious of being infected by HIV, and have difficulty in keeping the privacy of HIV-infected people. 2. When resettling the HIV-infected people, the owners would consider the following factors: the AIDS being a legal communicable disease, manpower and employee turnover and on-job training about the expertise and means to take care ofHIV-infected people. 3. The owners would be more willing to accept HIV-infected people when they are educated with knowledge about AIDS, the institute is enhanced by anti-infection measures and expert intervention. According to our study, the following measures are suggested topromote thewillingness for long-term care institution toresettle HIV-infected people by incorporatingthe AIDS-related course into nursing education credits, positive HIV and AIDS advocacy in the media, establishinga dedicatedAIDScarearea, and setting up dedicated area, and free safety needles provided by health insurance.