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An Analysis of the Elderly Care and Management in Hospital-Based Home Care Agencies (노인대상 의료기관 가정간호사업의 운영실태)

  • Song, Chong-Rye;Kang, Im-Ok;Kim, Yun-Ok;Jo, Hea-Sook;Hwang, Moon-Sook
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.660-672
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: To analyze the home care services provided to the elderly aged 65 and older by a hospital-based home care agencies and to investigate the effects of long-term care insurance for the elderly. Method: The subjects were the home care service recipients aged 65 and older in 172 hospital-based, home care agencies registered in Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service in January, 2007. The data were collected using a questionnaire from March 16 to April 15, 2007. The questionnaire return rate was 43.8%. Result: The hospital-based home care agencies were able to visit 66.5% of the national administrative districts. Of the home care service recipients, over 50% were 65 years old and older. About 43% of the agencies reported that over 50% of their patients would be subject to the long-term care insurance. They expressed concern that home care services would be withdrawn once the insurance system is initiated. Conclusion: This study suggests that hospital-based home care agencies need to manage home care services with long-term care insurance. It also recommends developing guidelines for the use of services and referrals.

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A Study about the current infra-structural status of the aged care worker to improve the quality of long-term care in Germany (독일 노인장기요양보험의 서비스 질 향상을 위한 인프라 구축 현황에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Myung
    • 한국사회정책
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.49-83
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    • 2012
  • Currently in Germany, there is talk of 'state of emergency care', which is addressed to the problems of quality assurance in aged care and shortage of aged care workers. In order to solve this problem in the aging German society, the federal government has set itself the goal of providing high qualified care givers through a systematic and on a high level of professional training opportunities. Various projects and measures have been carried out to improve the reputation of the primarily care profession in society and for the purpose of attracting especially young trainees for the aged care professions. The present work considers training and qualifications in the long-term care sector in Germany; it points out both the characteristics of aged care education and the learning content in the aged care education and attempts to highlight what roles and perception of tasks contained therein.

The Characteristics and Service Utilization of Home Nursing Care Beneficiaries Under the Korean Long Term Care Insurance (장기요양방문간호 이용자의 특성 및 이용실태)

  • Lee, Jung-Suk;Han, Eun-Jeong;Kang, Im-Ok
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.33-44
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: This study examined the characteristics and service utilization of home nursing care beneficiaries under the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI). Methods: We used assessment data and claim data of National Health Insurance Corporation from July to August 2008. Data were composed of subjects who were the beneficiaries of home nursing care. Results; A total of 634 subjects were analyzed. Of the subjects, 57.1% were 75 years and over. The average score of nursing care need was only 0.71 and the percentage of those whose nursing care need score was zero was 58.0%. More than half of the subjects had partially dependent musculoskeletal conditions, and 75.5% had two or more comorbidities. A third of them usedonly home nursing care, and another third used both home nursing care and general home care at the same time. Those who needed sore care used the largest home nursing care benefits. Conclusion: Home nursing care of LTCI performs community-based healthcare services under LTCI. Throughout the past two years, however, it has not been active. Understanding the characteristics of its users is important in order to develop effective strategies for activating home nursing care.

Clinical Nutrition Services of a Long-term Care Hospital in Korea (전국 요양병원에서의 임상영양서비스 실태 조사)

  • Um, Mi Hyang;Lyu, Eun Soon;Lee, Song Mi;Lee, Seung Min;Lee, Eun;Cha, Jin A;Park, Mi Sun;Lee, Ho Sun;Rha, Mi Yong;Park, Yoo Kyoung
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.220-235
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate how clinical nutrition services is provided at a long term care hospital in Korea and to investigate job satisfaction levels of the clinical dietitians. Methods: Survey questionnaire was sent to dietitians working at a long term care hospital in Korea. The participating hospitals (n=240) were randomly selected from 1,180 long- term care hospitals using a stratified sampling method. A total of 134 long term care hospital s and 223 dietitians completed the survey of clinical nutrition service s and job satisfaction questionnaires The job satisfaction questionnaire included 27 job satisfaction questions on task, stability vision, working conditions, and relationship areas. Results: The average nutritional screening rate was 17.9% and the rate of computerized nutritional screening system was 9.7% in the participating hospitals. Nutritional intervention rate was only 3.2% of all patients. KOIHA (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) accreditated hospitals showed only 50% performance rate of nutrition service evaluation area. This shows that after achieving KOIHA accredition, many hospitals do not emphasize the performance of nutritional services. The job satisfaction scores in all four areas ranged from 2/5 to 3/5, implying generally low job satisfaction level in hospital dietitians. Linear regression analysis results showed that the "hospital adequacy grade" type was a significant predictor of job satisfaction level for two areas (working conditions & relationship). Conclusions: There is a need to provide proper standardized clinical nutrition services as a primary treatment and we observed large variations in the quality of nutritional service s in long term care hospitals. Therefore, government and local hospitals have to work on implementing nutritional programs and policies for improved service and care.

A Study on the Problems and Improvement of Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly (노인장기요양보험제도의 문제점 및 개선방안에 관한 고찰)

  • Ahn, Myung-Sun;Park, Joo-Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.525-534
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    • 2019
  • Korea is facing one of the fastest aging population problems in the world due to the extension of life expectancy and low birth rates due to economic development and the development of health care. It has become difficult to take care of elderly people in need of long-term care at home, and social problems such as dementia and the increase in stroke cases are serious problems. The government is enacting and implementing the Long-Term Care Insurance Act for the purpose of improving the quality of life for senior citizens subject to long-term care and alleviating the burden of family support in order to solve such social structure and problems for senior citizens. However, as a result of the implementation of the long-term care insurance system for the elderly, the privatization of the facilities and the disorder are causing widespread requests for public accountability of the services and the enhancement of the quality of the facilities. In addition, various arrangements are needed for the production of low-wage medical care workers, tasks for quality improvement, problems regarding financing methods, and so on. In order to maintain and develop the long-term care insurance system for the elderly, the government will consider seeking ways to improve the legal and institutional aspects according to changes in the social environment of the age, as well as seeking mental and psychological measures for the stabilization of old life as well as physical health.

The Care Giving Burden of Primary Caregiver based on Nursing Needs of Long-term Care lnsurance Grade (노인 장기 요양 보험 등급자의 간호요구에 따른 주 수발자의 부양부담감)

  • Kim, Mi-Kyoung;Park, Dahye;Ahn, Okhee
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the level of nursing needs of a long-term care service user at home and the care giving burden of a primary caregiver. For this study, data were collected from 152 primary caregivers in J City with self-administered questionnaires and analyzed using multiple regression technique. Among the nursing needs of long-term care giving service users, the level of psychological and social requests was the highest. This study found that two characteristics variables(long-term care insurance benefit level and long-term care giving grade) had difference was statistically significant in physical nursing needs and psychological nursing needs. Out of care giving burden of primary caregivers, physical care giving burden was found to be the highest. Out of factors influencing care giving burden, daily care giving hours was the factor which had strongest influence. Basic living recipients and female primary caregivers showed higher care giving burden. The more care givers there were, the less care giving burden became.

Development of Evaluation Indicators for Integrated Home Care (통합가정방문급여 평가지표 개발)

  • Park, Jong Duk;Jung, Dukyoo
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.543-552
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop integrated evaluation indicators of home care services in the hope that the increasing group of long-term home care patients could receive quality care services. Methods: The development involves a methodological study on a development phase and a verification phase. The main survey at a verification stage was conducted by the staffs at 146 institutions who agreed to participate on this study. Results: The evaluation index for the integrated home visit care consisted of five categories and 57 indicators including Managing Institution (12), Environment and Safety (3), Right and Responsibility (7), Process of Care (31) and Results of Care (4). The criterion-related validity was verified in regard to the participation in the 2010 evaluation of long-term home-care institutions by the National Health Insurance Corporation. Conclusion: The evaluation index of the integrated home visiting care developed in this study is considered suitable to utilize as evaluating indicators in managing and evaluating the way of how institutions integrate and provide home visit care services as well as home nursing care services.

The Study of Work Environment of Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals (요양병원 간호사의 근무환경 실태조사)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Kye-Ha
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.250-258
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the work environment of nurses in long-term carer hospitals and to help in their work environment improvement through these results. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A convenience sample of 179 subjects including staff nurses and nurse managers over head nurses working in long-term care hospitals located in Gwangju city were recruited. The data were collected from July to December 2015. A structured questionnaires were used as a study instrument, and included questions regarding subjects' general characteristics, hospital-related characteristics, and work environment. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 22.0. The results showed that 73.2% of subjects were working in hospitals established by individuals. The most of long-term care hospitals accepted accreditation program. The ratio of nurses to nurse aiders of was 1:2. The numbers of off duty was 8 days, and average annual salary was 2,500~3,000 ten thousand won in nurses of long-term care hospitals. Based on these results, work environment of nurses of long-term care hospitals was not good. Therefore, the results suggest qualitative research to investigate deeply how to recognize on work environment like this for nurses of long-term care hospitals.

Perception Types on the Training System with regard to long-term Care Worker (노인 장기요양인력 양성체계에 관한 인식 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.172-184
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to find out subjective perception types and needs of interested group on manpower training system with long-term care service by Q methodology, then to search for political measures to improve long-term care system in the implication of the sorted subjective perception types. The result of the study showed that there are five major sorts of subjectivities on manpower training system with long-term care service: emphasizes retraining of existing care worker(Type1), emphasizes ethics of public service provider(Type2), emphasizes practice-oriented education(Type3), emphasizes policy judgement of government(Type4), emphasizes training of long-term care worker in demand(Type5). And to try quantity approach methods, this study was developed Q-Block as a assessment tool to enhance validity and reliability of Q-types. The results of the survey showed high conformity.

Development and Effects of a Person-Centered Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults with Dementia in Long-Term Care Hospitals: For Older Adults with Dementia and Caregivers in Long-Term Care Hospitals (요양병원 치매노인을 위한 대상자 중심 낙상 예방 프로그램의 개발 및 효과: 치매노인과 요양보호사 대상)

  • Lim, Jeong Ok;Gu, Mee Ock
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.341-358
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study examined the effects of a person-centered fall prevention program for older adults with dementia in long-term care hospitals. Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The study sample included 42 older adults with dementia (experimental group: 21, control group: 21) and 42 caregivers (experimental group: 21, control group: 21). The program comprised 48 sessions held over 12 weeks and included exercise intervention with resistance and balance, dance walking (45~60 min, three times/week), cognitive and emotional intervention (35~50 min, once per week), and person-centered fall prevention education (10 min, once per week). The program for caregivers consisted of six educational sessions (i.e., fall prevention competency enhancement and person-centered care strategy education, 80 min, once per week) for six weeks. Data were collected before participation and 12 weeks after program completion from February 18 to May 12, 2019. Data analysis was conducted using the chi-square test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test with SPSS/WIN 21.0. Results: The experimental group of older adults with dementia showed significant improvement in physical and cognitive functions, and a decrease in depression, and behavioral and psychological symptoms, when compared with the control group. caregivers in the experimental group exhibited significant improvement in fall-related knowledge and person-centered care of older adults with dementia compared to the control group. Conclusion: The study findings indicate that this program was effective as a nursing intervention for fall prevention among older adults with dementia in long-term care hospitals.