재가 치매노인의 공격적 행동에 대한 돌봄제공자의 대처행동 형태

This study is a descriptive survey aimed at identifying the patterns of aggressive behaviors in older adults with dementia and examining the coping strategies of caregivers. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 141 caregivers working at 10 home-care centers and adult day and night care centers in S city. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 29.0. Among the aggressive behaviors of older adults with dementia, the most frequently reported type of physical aggression was “kicking or hitting with fists or feet” (105 respondents, 74.5%). For verbal aggression, “hostile language” was the most common (120 respondents, 85.1%), while “sexually suggestive attitudes” were the most frequent form of sexual aggression (91 respondents, 64.5%). Regarding caregivers’ coping strategies toward aggressive behaviors, the most commonly used response to physical aggression was verbal discussion (82 respondents, 71.3%), followed by verbal aggression (83 respondents, 69.2%) and sexual aggression (24 respondents, 40.7%). In terms of coping strategies according to intervention education experience, caregivers who had received intervention education used “verbal discussion” and “touch” more frequently than those who had not received such education. In contrast, caregivers without intervention education more commonly adopted coping strategies such as “criticism” and “non-response.” These findings suggest that caregivers who received intervention education tend to respond more actively to older adults with dementia compared to those who did not receive such education. Therefore, this study aims to provide foundational data for the development of educational programs incorporating diverse coping strategies to effectively manage aggressive behaviors in older adults with dementia.