Factors such as non-use of the elderly's skills, impaired social skills, indifference and neglect of the elderly impair social dignity and conversely factors such as living independently and respectful relationship will improve social dignity.
The conditions described should be conceptualized as risk factors for dignity violation or promotion: their presence does not fully determine violation or promotion, but makes such outcomes more likely.
To obtain variation in the degree of potential factors influencing dignity, these nursing homes were selected because they varied in location (3 urban, 1 rural) and privacy conditions (3 with private rooms, 1 with shared rooms).
Dignity doesn't really factor into these things.
According to Fukuyama, if all human beings are endowed with equal dignity, then the X factor will be their common feature (Fukuyama 2004).
We suggest that this limited interpretation of dignity may be one factor contributing to the continued neglect of older people in acute settings.
An instrument measuring factors that influence dignity can be used to better target dignity-conserving care to an individual patient, but no such instrument is yet available for the long-term care setting.
It sounds harsh, but the experience and dignity of your colleagues are factors to consider.
In addition to aging with dignity and quality of life, factors such as moving during the frail senior years can prove to be fatally traumatic making it so important for seniors to stay in their homes, even through the difficulties that may bring.
One half of the cohort (n = 2404) received an open-ended question concerning factors relevant to dignity.
