Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages e85-e88, March 2011

Characteristics of home care supporting clinics providing home care for frail elderly persons living alone in Japan

  • Akiko Akiyama

      Affiliations

    • Division of Heath Sciences, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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  • Hiroo Hanabusa

      Affiliations

    • Hiro Clinic Shinjuku, 3-3-11-3 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Mikami

      Affiliations

    • Division of Heath Sciences, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 6 6879 2551; fax: +81 6 6879 2551.

Received 12 April 2010; received in revised form 26 July 2010; accepted 28 July 2010. published online 23 August 2010.

Abstract 

To explore the characteristics of home care supporting clinics providing home care for frail elderly persons living alone (EPLA), a self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 998 home care supporting clinics in the 23 wards of Tokyo, Japan between July and August 2009. Clinics providing home care for the frail EPLA significantly collaborated with 4 or more home visit nursing stations (42.5%) and 4 or more care managers (58.7%) and had sufficient medical care equipment, such as an oxygen inhaler, ventilator, and intravenous hyperalimentation. Sixty-one percent of the clinics which provided care for the 18 patients who died at home collaborated with 4 or more care managers. Our findings suggest that the factors enabling home care for frail EPLA are as follows: (1) collaboration with care managers, (2) collaboration with home visit nursing stations, (3) sufficient medical care equipment.

Keywords: Home care of the elderly, Living alone, Home care management in Japan

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PII: S0167-4943(10)00208-6

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2010.07.011

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages e85-e88, March 2011

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