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The effectiveness of long-term care services offered prior to care recipients' home death

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K24161
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Abe Kazuhiro  東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 特任研究員 (40850037)

Project Period (FY) 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords高齢者 / 死亡場所 / 在宅看取り / 終末期 / 介護 / 介護給付費等実態統計 / 人口動態調査 / 在宅死 / 介護従事者数 / 居宅介護サービス / 介護給付費実態調査
Outline of Research at the Start

多くの高齢者は住み慣れた自宅で療養し、最期を迎えることを望んでいる。しかし、実際には病院で亡くなることが多い。在宅死の障害となる介護者の介護負担を軽減するために居宅介護サービスの充実が図られているが、これまでそれらサービスの効果を実証した文献は少ない。本研究の目的は、終末期の高齢者やその介護者が持つ死亡場所への選好や交絡を考慮した上で、各居宅介護サービスの利用が高齢者の死亡場所に与える効果を検証することである。本研究結果は、高齢化に伴って各地域で需要が高まる居宅介護サービスを利用できる環境整備のための根拠となることが期待され、各サービスの質の向上につながる知見が得られる可能性がある。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Even though 55% of the Japanese people 55 years and older express the wish to spend the end of their life at home, the country has a low proportion of in-home death (13.2%in 2017). This study found that accessibility of in-home medical care and in-home care services in the municipality of residence was partially responsible for whether or not care-dependent older persons could spend their final days at home. In addition, the use of in-home care services by care-dependent older people at the end of life was positively associated with in-home death. Therefore, municipal policymakers will need to enhance the provisioning system of in-home medical care and in-home care services and improve residents' access to them to fulfill the wishes of older adults for their final place of residence.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の結果は、自治体の政策担当者が地域医療計画や介護保険事業計画を通して、住民の在宅医療・居宅介護サービスへのアクセスを向上させることによって、要介護高齢者の在宅死の望みを支援することができる可能性を示している。日本は他国と比較して在宅死亡割合が低く、最期まで自宅で療養したい高齢者が多いにも関わらず在宅死が遂げられていない者が多い現状を鑑みると、入院病床や介護施設サービスの充実を目指す以上に在宅医療と居宅介護サービスの充実が必要だろう。そして、制度の財政的持続可能性や人的資源確保の実現可能性を考慮したさらなる研究も必要である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Municipal Characteristics of In-Home Death Among Care-Dependent Older Japanese Adults2022

    • Author(s)
      Abe Kazuhiro、Kawachi Ichiro、Taniguchi Yuta、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      JAMA Network Open

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: e2142273-e2142273

    • DOI

      10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42273

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Municipal long‐term care workforce supply and in‐home deaths at the end of life: Panel data analysis with a fixed‐effect model in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Abe Kazuhiro、Taniguchi Yuta、Kawachi Ichiro、Watanabe Taeko、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      Geriatrics & Gerontology International

      Volume: 21 Issue: 8 Pages: 712-717

    • DOI

      10.1111/ggi.14200

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Authors' reply to the letter from Dr. Kato2021

    • Author(s)
      Abe Kazuhiro、Taniguchi Yuta、Kawachi Ichiro、Watanabe Taeko、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      Geriatrics & Gerontology International

      Volume: 21 Issue: 10 Pages: 970-970

    • DOI

      10.1111/ggi.14270

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Association of the Frequency of In-Home Care Services Utilization and the Probability of In-Home Death2021

    • Author(s)
      Abe Kazuhiro、Kawachi Ichiro、Watanabe Taeko、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      JAMA Network Open

      Volume: 4 Issue: 11 Pages: e2132787-e2132787

    • DOI

      10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32787

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Trajectories of Long-Term Care Expenditure During the Last 5?Years of Life in Japan: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study2021

    • Author(s)
      Jin Xueying、Abe Kazuhiro、Taniguchi Yuta、Watanabe Taeko、Miyawaki Atsushi、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

      Volume: - Issue: 11 Pages: 2331-2336.e2

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jamda.2021.01.084

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Place of death associated with types of long-term care services near the end-of-life for home-dwelling older people in Japan: a pooled cross-sectional study2020

    • Author(s)
      Abe Kazuhiro、Miyawaki Atsushi、Kobayashi Yasuki、Watanabe Taeko、Tamiya Nanako
    • Journal Title

      BMC Palliative Care

      Volume: 19 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1186/s12904-020-00622-0

    • NAID

      120007147870

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 介護サービスの質の包括的評価に向けて2021

    • Author(s)
      阿部計大
    • Organizer
      第3回日本在宅医療連合学会大会 (シンポジウム41 真のニーズに対応するこれからの在宅医療ーヘルスサービスリサーチの視点から)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 要介護高齢者が死亡前に利用した居宅介護サービスと死亡場所との関係2020

    • Author(s)
      阿部計大 宮脇敦士 小林廉毅 渡邊多永子 田宮菜奈子
    • Organizer
      第11回日本プライマリ・ケア連合学会学術大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-09-03   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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