Factors Related to the Care Attitudes of Residential Assisted-living Facility Employees during End-of-life Care

Abstract

To identify factors associated with attitudes toward end-of-life care among staff at residential facilities for older adults, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among staff working at serviced housing for older adults and private residential nursing homes. Responses were collected from 110 participants (response rate: 73.3%). The mean total score on the Attitudes Toward End-of-Life Care Scale was 110.40 ± 10.97. The total score was significantly associated with job position, nursing profession, experience in care provision, satisfaction with one’s caregiver role, education and training, and visits by external nurses (t-test, p < .05). These findings suggest that factors such as job position and visits by external nurses, including home-visiting nurses, are associated with more positive attitudes toward end-of-life care among staff at residential facilities for older adults.