Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.007
Thierry Collaud
{"title":"[Dignity and respect for privacy].","authors":"Thierry Collaud","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Privacy is of paramount importance for building and maintaining self-esteem, an essential component of dignity. Defined as a space for the 'self', it is threatened by illness and healthcare interventions. For dignity to be preserved rather than violated, care must respect this space that is necessary for the individual; in other words, access to and sharing of this space must be negotiated. The carer who becomes intimate thus ceases to be a threat. For their part, they must in turn negotiate the non-threatening opening up of a part of their own privacy. Three key concepts of contemporary social ethics-hospitality, gift-giving and resonance-will be drawn upon as frameworks for understanding this closeness to be co-constructed.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"35-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.008
Sophie Fasseu
{"title":"[From an age-centred approach focused on decline to healthy ageing: implications for clinical practice and the role of the IPA].","authors":"Sophie Fasseu","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perceptions of ageing, which are often negative and focused on dependency, are open to scrutiny and can be challenged. The concept of healthy ageing, promoted by the World Health Organisation, emphasises the maintenance of functional abilities as well as prevention. The patient is viewed as an active participant in their own ageing process, in line with an approach based on empowerment. From this perspective, interprofessional support-particularly that provided by advanced practice nurses-plays a central role in the management of frailty. A specialisation in gerontology would therefore help to better address the challenges of ageing.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"41-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.006
Cédrole Niangou
{"title":"[The human dignity of elderly people admitted to geriatric wards].","authors":"Cédrole Niangou","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A testament to longevity, old age is a time of great vulnerability. An ageing and ailing body often weakens the immune system and leaves a person susceptible to illness. Ageing therefore presents a challenge for the medical profession, which addresses it through a specialised branch of medicine: geriatrics. In this field of medicine for older people, which focuses on health and quality of life, the medical profession has both positive and negative legal obligations aimed at protecting dignity.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"29-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.002
Nicolas Vonarx
{"title":"Rendre possible l’indignation : en complément de la dignité.","authors":"Nicolas Vonarx","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"11-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prise en charge de l’agitation dans les troubles neurocognitifs majeurs.","authors":"Giorgia Piccagliani, Juliette Sabourault, Tristan Cudennec","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.003
Annie-Claude Laurin
{"title":"[The dignity of older people put to the test in critical care].","authors":"Annie-Claude Laurin","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>End-of-life care is often approached from the perspective of dignity and respect for autonomy, which enable individuals to choose how to spend their final moments. However, in a critical care setting, where older people may be incapable of making decisions or may become temporarily so due to an altered level of consciousness, the burden of decision-making falls on their loved ones and the medical team. How is dignity preserved when treatment choices clash with socio-cultural issues and the sometimes conflicting interests of those involved? Through short accounts drawn from a qualitative study conducted amongst nurses, we explore the concept of dignity in the context of futile medical treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"12-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.004
Cory Andrew Labrecque
{"title":"[Dignity, ageing and artificial intelligence].","authors":"Cory Andrew Labrecque","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dignity is a concept frequently invoked in bioethics, both in the literature and in practice. However, those who use the term rarely describe or define it, despite the word's multiple meanings. This article explores its various meanings, highlighting the relational context in which it is situated, whether it is attributed or intrinsic. The discussion focuses on the impact of AI-powered assistive robots, designed to combat isolation and loneliness, as well as on relationality and dignity in the broadest sense.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"20-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soins GerontologiePub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.005
Isabelle Martineau, Félix Pageau
{"title":"[Medically assisted dying and dignity in geriatric care: between mutual recognition and the care relationship].","authors":"Isabelle Martineau, Félix Pageau","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the debate and clinical decision-making surrounding medically assisted dying, two conceptions of dignity-intrinsic and subjective-are often pitted against one another to defend opposing positions. In the context of geriatric practice, and in order to avoid this unproductive dichotomy, a multidimensional model of dignity is proposed here. It calls for the integration of the relational dimension and highlights the congruence of this model with an ethics of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"24-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum à l’article « Recours aux urgences des personnes âgées : un révélateur des fragilités organisationnelles et des besoins de prévention à La Réunion » [Soins Gérontologie 2026; 31(180):36-38].","authors":"Maxime Brogniart, Jean-Marc Eychène","doi":"10.1016/j.sger.2026.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2026.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35572,"journal":{"name":"Soins Gerontologie","volume":"31 181","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}