Intimacy, closeness and distance in nursing

Project owner: Volkshilfe Wien

Responsible person: Eva van Rahden

2019

Nominated

AT

Civil Society / Social Economy

What is it about?

Since the need for closeness, touch and sexual satisfaction is not lost in old age, but in most cases privacy and social relations are no longer present, the nursing staff can be confronted with sexualized encounters, cross-border behavior and stressful and obscene situations.