The Royal Commission into Aged Care (2021) published the Final Report

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Introduction:
As the number of elderly people in communities across the world rises, providing
older patients with dignified nursing home care is crucial for ensuring their safety and
effectiveness of care (United Nations, Department of Economic & Social Affairs Population
Division, 2019). For instance, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs, and Population Division (2015), the average age of people worldwide has
increased from 67 years in the early 2000s to just over 73 years in 2019 and is expected to
ascend by such an approximate 4.5 years between 2020 and 2050. (United Nations,
Department of Economic & Social Affairs Population Division, 2019). Due to a variety of
physical and mental comorbidities that come with becoming older, older persons continue to
be the main users of medical services (Sommerlad et al., 2019). Only 9% of Belgium's
population in 2014 were older people (>75 years), but they were responsible for more than
25% of all hospital admissions (Van den Heede et al., 2019). Evidence shows that older
persons with age-related organ dysfunction and chronic medical disorders make up the bulk
of hospitalised patients in Ghana (Narh et al., 2021). (Amegbor & Rosenberg, 2020).
Significantly poorer capacity and age-related comorbid conditions were discovered by
Sommerlad et al. (2019) as risk variables for hospitalisation using a meta-analytic method.
Individuals who have dementia are particularly vulnerable to violations of their fundamental
rights to liberty, dignity, as well as tolerance, as well as to equal access to the best possible
health care, including addressing their needs as a result of impairment, because Australia's
aged care system is in crisis. Individuals with dementia and the larger community with stakes
in high-quality elderly care must be educated about their rights and what ought to be
anticipated from the service to be effective activists for both themselves and society. The
article that follows presents empirical research that helps to comprehend how hospitalised

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older individuals perceive their sense of dignity and how receiving dignified nursing care
while in the hospital is a critical component of Australia's medical system assessment.
Discussion:
Due to their increased sensitivity as a consequence of deteriorating cognitive and
behavioural functionality, older persons in healthcare settings are more vulnerable to
interpersonal violence (Filipska et al., 2020). (Hubbard et al., 2017). According to estimates,
38% of older individuals in Poland encountered psychological abuse of some kind while
receiving medical care in hospitals (Filipska et al., 2020). Interpretive descriptive research by
Naderi et al. (2019) found some unpleasant experiences for hospitalised older individuals in
acute hospital environments in Iran, including the needless use of physical restraint and
improper treatment by "Health care practitioners (HCP)". It's conceivable that Africa as well
as other continents have distinct social perceptions. Recent research, however, indicates that
older Australian persons are not particularly happy with the standard of nursing care provided
during severe hospitalisation (Fuseini et al., 2021), which might indirectly affect their sense
of dignity. One of the most crucial nursing care aspects and among the most significant
factors influencing wellness is preserving the dignity of elderly patients being treated in
hospitals (" Nursing & Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA)", 2018). Numerous worldwide
professional ethical guidelines for nurses have highlighted the need of maintaining patients'
dignity and treating them respectfully.
A rising corpus of scientific data on patients' respect and the nursing treatment of
senior citizens in the last two decades (Kerr et al., 2020). While the value of dignity is
generally acknowledged, no consensus exists on how to define this crucial idea (Allard et al.,
2018). The idea of providing elderly patients in hospitals with dignified care has been
clarified to spur advancements in geriatric care. The bulk of interpretations of compassionate
care was put out in editorials written by subject-matter experts or as part of literature reviews.