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Table 1 Ease of delivering dignified care, in %

From: What facilitates the delivery of dignified care to older people? A survey of health care professionals

Task

Easy

Neither easy nor difficult

Difficult

Maintaining privacy when providing personal care

60

27

13

Providing help with meals

30

57

13

Access to side rooms to talk to patients in privacy

30

32

38

Provision of a clean care environment

60

31

9

Having time to talk and actively listen to patients when delivering care

60

22

18

Providing adequate information to patients about their care

76

18

6

Ability to promote patients’ autonomy and right to make independent choices

74

24

4