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Sakano T, Anzai T, Takahashi K, Fukui S. Impact of home-visit nursing service use on costs in the last 3 months of life among older adults: A retrospective cohort study. J Nurs Scholarsh 2024; 56:191-201. [PMID: 37642168 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Considering Japan's aging society, the number of older individuals who die at home is expected to increase. In Japan, there are challenges in utilizing and promoting home-visit nursing services at the end of life for community-dwelling older adults. We examined the use of home-visit nursing services at the end of patients' lives and the recommended use patterns of this service (utilization, timing of initiation, and continuity) that contribute to reducing the medical care and long-term care costs (total costs) in the last 3 months of life. DESIGN This was a retrospective cohort study. METHODS We examined 33 municipalities in Japan, including depopulated areas. The analysis included 22,927 people aged 75 or older who died between September 2016 and September 2018. We used monthly medical care and long-term care insurance claims data. Participants were classified into five groups based on their history of home-visit nursing service use: (1) early initiation/continuous use, (2) early initiation/discontinued or fragment use, (3) not-early initiation/continuous use, (4) not-early initiation/fragment use, and (5) no use. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to examine the association between total costs in the last 3 months of life and patterns of home-visit nursing service use. RESULTS Overall, the median age was 85, and 12,217 participants were men (53.3%). In the last half year before death, 5424 (23.7%) older adults used home-visit nursing services. Multivariable linear regression analysis of the log10-transformed value of total costs revealed that compared with the no use group, the early initiation/continuous use group was estimated to have 0.88 times (95% confidence interval: 0.84, 0.93) the total costs in the last 3 months of life (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Early initiation use of home-visit nursing services may contribute to reducing total costs in the last 3 months of life for Japanese people aged 75 years or older living at home as they approach the end of life. CLINICAL RELEVANCE When approaching the end of life, many older adults require daily life care and palliative care. Policymakers are strengthening end-of-life care for community-dwelling older adults in Japan. Although the current results do not demonstrate the effectiveness of home-visit nursing services, they provide a perspective from which to assess the use of home-visit nursing services and its impact on older adults. The findings can be helpful in considering how to provide nursing care in home-care settings for older adults who prefer to spend their final days at home.
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- Tomomi Sakano
- Department of Home and Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, M&D Data Science Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, M&D Data Science Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Home and Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yu J, Huang J, Li C, Zhuang Y. Barriers to clinical nurse participation in the internet-based home visiting program: a qualitative study. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:486. [PMID: 38115052 PMCID: PMC10729343 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01651-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Home visits are an important part of home care. With increasing demand and the rapid development of information technology, an increasing number of regions are experimenting with the use of information technology in home visits, hoping to meet the needs of more patients through technological interventions. However, most of the current studies have focused on patient health improvement through home visits, neglecting to consider the actual experience of nurses as service providers in participating in Internet-based programs. Thus, the purpose of this research is to explore what is holding nurses back from participating after the Internet has been added to traditional home visiting programs. METHODS This research was designed with an exploratory-descriptive qualitative analysis method. Semistructured interviews were used to collect information on barriers to nurses' participation in the Internet-based home visiting program. Participants included 16 clinical nurses working in various hospitals in Nanjing, China. The thematic analysis method was used to analyze the information. RESULTS This research identified three themes and twelve subthemes that hinder clinical nurse engagement in the Internet-based home visiting program. The three themes included multiple barriers to individuals, different service modes, and emerging organizational problems. CONCLUSIONS As a new form of traditional home visiting program in information society, Internet-based home visiting has many shortcomings in the overall program design and service management specifications. For more patients living at home to receive quality care services, it is necessary to take more effective measures to encourage nurses' participation at three levels: nurse demand, service process, and organizational management.
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- Jiahao Yu
- Population Research Institute, Hohai University, Nanjing, 21100, China
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- Population Research Institute, Hohai University, Nanjing, 21100, China.
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Jiangsu Health Development Research Center, Nanjing, 210036, China.
- Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Laboratory of Fertility Protection and Health Technology Assessment, Nanjing, 210036, China.
- National Health Commission Contraceptives Adverse Reaction Surveillance Center, Nanjing, 210036, China.
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Nakanishi M, Yamasaki S, Sakai M, Yoshii H, Ogawa A, Nishida A. Place of death from dementia as an underlying cause during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a cross-sectional study from national death certificates. Palliat Care Soc Pract 2023; 17:26323524231193039. [PMID: 37654728 PMCID: PMC10467291 DOI: 10.1177/26323524231193039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged palliative end-of-life care for people with dementia. The site of death can be considered as an end-of-life care quality indicator. Most people with dementia prefer to die at nursing or private homes; however, in Japan, they are often hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals for management of neuropsychiatric symptoms. As palliative end-of-life care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias has been further challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its effects on the place of death in patients with dementia. Objectives This study aimed to investigate the shifts in place of death from dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Changes throughout the pandemic were compared between deaths from dementia and from senility. Design Cross-sectional. Methods Death certificate data of individuals aged 65 years or older who died in Japan between 1 January 2018, and 31 December 2021, were used to extract the cause and place of death. Differences in place of death between the periods were estimated using multinomial logistic analysis with reference to death in private homes. Results Deaths from dementia mostly occurred in hospitals (59%), while deaths from senility were most frequent in nursing homes (37%). After adjusting for patient characteristics, the likelihood of hospital deaths significantly increased for patients with dementia during the pandemic. Meanwhile, the likelihood of senility deaths decreased in hospitals but increased in nursing homes during the pandemic. Conclusion The shift to hospital deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was uniquely observed in deaths from dementia. This hospital shift likely involved increased transfers from nursing and private homes to psychiatric hospitals. Further investigation is needed to examine the association between the pandemic-related change in long-term care workforce and palliative care practice in people with dementia.
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- Miharu Nakanishi
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Division of Psycho-Oncology, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Fan Y, Ma Y, Zhang Y, Sun C. A Retrospective Analysis of Internet-Based Sharing Nursing Service Appointment Data. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:8735099. [PMID: 36035277 PMCID: PMC9410863 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8735099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aims To investigate the historical data of the "Internet+ Nursing" service platform and provide a theoretical basis to optimize the "Internet+ Nursing" service model by analyzing a population in need of nursing care services, service prices, services in demand, willingness to place orders, and feedback on use. Methods A retrospective analysis of data related to home care services on the "Jiuzhou Nursing Care" platform from April 2020 to August 2021, a total of 279 person-times, relevant information about the research subjects, and the status of home care services was conducted. SPSS 24.0 software was used for data analyses, such as calculating frequencies and percentages and conducting chi-square tests. Results The "Jiuzhou Online Nurse" primarily serves elderly patients, and the majority of these patients have lost their ability to care for themselves. The average cost of nursing services was ¥183.45, and the unit cost of services had no effect on the number of service items. This particular internet-based home nursing service has a high level of satisfaction. Patients aged 60 to 74 have the highest number of Internet-based home care service orders (χ 2 = 11.791, P < 0.05). Patients who reuse the platform are more willing to assign people to provide services (χ 2 = 238.078, P < 0.05). Patients who were unable to care for themselves had a higher rate of repeat order (χ 2 = 10.877, P < 0.05). Conclusion The "Internet+ Nursing" service platform specifically meets the individual needs of elderly patients, provides them with home nursing services, and improves local medical treatment and door-to-door services. This platform also provides convenience for elderly individuals who cannot care for themselves so that they can receive prompt treatment and assistance to improve their quality of life.
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- Yuchen Fan
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shandong Provincial Third Hospital, Jinan 250000, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Shandong Provincial Third Hospital, Jinan 250000, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Shandong Provincial Third Hospital, Jinan 250000, China
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Wammes JD, Nakanishi M, van der Steen JT, MacNeil Vroomen JL. Japanese National Dementia Plan Is Associated with a Small Shift in Location of Death: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 83:791-797. [PMID: 34366352 PMCID: PMC8543253 DOI: 10.3233/jad-210521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background: Japan has one of the highest percentages of persons with dementia and hospital deaths in the world. Hospitals are often not equipped to handle the care complexity required for persons with dementia at the end of life. The National Dementia Orange plan aimed to decrease hospital deaths by expanding time in the community. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the National Dementia Orange Plan is associated with a decrease in hospitals deaths for persons with dementia. Methods: We used quarterly, cross-sectional, national death certificate data consisting of the total Japanese dementia population 65 years and older, spanning a period from 2009 to 2016. The primary outcome was quarterly adjusted relative risk rates (aRRR) of dying in hospital, nursing home, home, or elsewhere. An interrupted time series analysis was performed to study the slope change over time. Analyses were adjusted for sex and seasonality. Results: 149,638 died with dementia. With the implementation of the Orange Plan, death in nursing home (aRRR 1.08, [1.07–1.08], p < 0.001) and elsewhere (aRRR 1.05, [1.05–1.06], p < 0.001) increased over time compared to hospital death. No changes were found in death at home. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that the National Dementia Orange plan was associated with a small increase in death in nursing home and elsewhere. Hospital death remained the primary location of death. End-of-life strategies should be expanded in national dementia policies to increase aging in the community until death.
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- Joost D Wammes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Huang R, Xu M, Li X, Wang Y, Wang B, Cui N. Internet-Based Sharing Nurse Program and Nurses' Perceptions in China: Cross-Sectional Survey. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e16644. [PMID: 32706711 PMCID: PMC7407254 DOI: 10.2196/16644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background China is currently piloting a “Sharing Nurse” program that aims to increase the accessibility of nursing services to at-home patients by enabling patients to order nursing services using mobile apps or online platforms. Objective This study aims to assess nurses’ perceptions of the Sharing Nurse program, including their acceptance, concerns, needs, and willingness to take part in the program. Methods A total of 694 nurses participated in the questionnaire survey. The survey collected their sociodemographic and work-related information and their perceptions of the Sharing Nurse program using a self-developed questionnaire. Results The 694 respondents agreed that the Sharing Nurse program could provide patients with better access to nursing care (n=483, 69.6%). Their main concerns about the program were unclear liability division when medical disputes occur (n=637, 90.3%) and potential personal safety issues (n=604, 87%). They reported that insurance (n=611, 88%), permits from their affiliated hospital (n=562, 81.0%), clear instructions concerning rights and duties (n=580, 83.6%), real time positioning while delivering the service (n=567, 81.7%), and one-key alarm equipment (n=590, 85.0%) were necessary for better implementation of the program. More than half of the respondents (n=416, 60%) had an optimistic attitude toward the development of the Sharing Nurse program in China. However, only 19.4% (n=135) of the respondents expressed their willingness to be a “shared nurse.” Further analyses found that nurses with a master’s degree or above (χ23=28.835, P<.001) or from tertiary hospitals (χ23=18.669, P<.001) were more likely to be aware of the Sharing Nurse program and that male nurses were more willing to be shared nurses (Z=–2.275, P=.02). Conclusions The Chinese Sharing Nurse program is still in its infancy and many refinements are needed before it can be implemented nationwide. Generally, Chinese nurses are positive about the Sharing Nurse program and are willing to participate if the program is thoroughly regulated and supervised.
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- Rendong Huang
- School of Nursing, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Jinan Shizhong People's Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Nursing, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Teruya N, Sunagawa Y, Sunagawa H, Toyosato T. Visiting Nurses' Perspectives on Practices to Achieve End-of-Life Cancer Patients' Wishes for Death at Home: A Qualitative Study. Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs 2019; 6:389-396. [PMID: 31572759 PMCID: PMC6696802 DOI: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_18_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective: This study aimed to clarify visiting nurses’ perspectives on critical practices to ensure they could advocate for patients who prefer to die at home. Methods: Sixteen nurses, working at home-visit nursing agencies in Japan, participated in this study. Data were generated by interviews with the nurses and participant observations from nursing home-visits for six end-of-life cancer patients and were analyzed using content analysis. Results: Five themes emerged: (1) nursing assessment, (2) support for comfortable daily life of the patient and their family, (3) advocating for the patient's views about continuing homecare until death, (4) supporting the patient's preparedness for death, and (5) coordination with other health professionals and related facilities for a comfortable environment for the patient. In addition, the nurses sometimes used humorous responses to death-related work to change the patient's melancholy thoughts. Conclusion: The present study found that the participants advocated for the patient's views about continuing homecare until death while coordinating views between the patient and their family; they further supported the patient's daily life while helping them prepare for death to achieve their wish for death at home. In addition, our study uncovered the visiting nurses’ unconscious practical wisdom of using humorous responses to death-related work to alleviate the patients’ feelings of hopelessness. To develop practical wisdom for using humor effectively in end-of-life care, nurses need to verbalize unconscious practices, and accumulate empirical knowledge about nursing interventions using humor, including cultural attitudes, through case study analysis.
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- Noriko Teruya
- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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Nakanishi M, Yamasaki S, Nishida A. In-hospital dementia-related deaths following implementation of the national dementia plan: observational study of national death certificates from 1996 to 2016. BMJ Open 2018; 8:e023172. [PMID: 30559156 PMCID: PMC6303640 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine changes in places of dementia-related death following implementation of the national dementia plan and other policy initiatives. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Japan between October 1996 and September 2016. Four major changes in health and social care systems were identified: (1) the public long-term care insurance programme (April 2000); (2) community centres as a first access point for older residents (April 2006); (3) medical care system for older people (April 2008) and (4) the national dementia plan (April 2013). PARTICIPANTS 9 60 423 decedents aged 65 years or older whose primary cause of death was Alzheimer's disease, vascular or other types of dementia or senility. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Place of death which was classified into 'hospital', 'intermediate geriatric care facility' (rehabilitation facility aimed at home discharge), 'nursing home' or 'own home'. RESULTS The annual number of deaths at hospital was consistently increased over time from 1996 to 2016 (age-adjusted OR: 6.01; 95% CI 5.81 to 6.21 versus home deaths). Controlling for individual characteristics, regional supply of hospital and nursing home beds and other changes in health and social care systems, death from dementia following the national dementia plan was likely to occur in hospital (adjusted OR: 1.21; 95% CI 1.18 to 1.24), intermediate geriatric care facility (adjusted OR: 1.53; 95% CI 1.48 to 1.58) or nursing home (adjusted OR: 1.64; 95% CI 1.60 to 1.69) rather than at home. CONCLUSIONS As the number of deaths from dementia increased over the decades, in-hospital deaths increased regardless of the national dementia plan. Further strategies should be explored to improve the availability of palliative and end-of-life care at patients' places of residence.
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- Miharu Nakanishi
- Mental Health and Nursing Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Mental Health Promotion Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Mental Health Promotion Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirakawa Y, Chiang C, Uemura MY, Aoyama A. Job Satisfaction Among Japanese Home-Visit Care Workers. HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/1084822318803861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The present qualitative study aims to shed light on the job satisfaction of home-visit care workers in Japan. A total of 19 participants were recruited from two rural, three suburban, and one urban area in and around Nagoya city. The qualitative data were collected through individual or group interviews from May to August of 2017. The interviews were conducted using an open-ended questionnaire concerning job satisfaction. Qualitative content analysis was used to systematically identify ideas and patterns emerging from the interview data. Three main themes emerged from the analysis: client–worker conflict, public opinion about the profession, and changing but rewarding work. Home-visit care workers enjoy working in an environment where communication is highly valued, and appreciate the diversity of their clients’ personalities.
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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