Care management from the situative perspective of long-term home care among disabled elders under the public long-term care system in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 26780337
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Social Welfare Corporation Keiyukai (Institute of Elderly Housing Sciences)
• Principal Investigator: Takeuchi Michiru 社会福祉法人敬友会(高齢者住宅研究所), 研究員, 研究員 (70722510)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 在宅生活継続 / 支援 / ケアマネジャー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on support for the elderly who continue to live at home based on the factors related to long-term home living that previous studies have described. The following are the key points: (1) Factors related to long-term home living were summarized through a review of existing literature. (2) This study explored care management of long-term home care among severely disabled elders who are certified as Care Level 4 and 5 under the care needs categories as per the Japanese public long-term care system, using the data obtained on care plans and the responses to the interview conducted with care managers who handle consultation and service coordination. (3) This study aimed to reveal the nature of “collaboration” between the medical staff and care workers to support older adults’ end-of-life care at home through a reanalysis of practices in service-added housing facilities for older adults.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] サ高住の現在と今後の動向、開設時に活用できる支援制度 (2017)
  • Author(s): 竹内みちる・井上登紀子
  • Journal Title: 介護の経営と運営 Volume: 34 Pages: 56-60
• [Journal Article] 今、求められるサービス付き高齢者向け住宅とは (2015)
  • Author(s): 奥村孝行・竹内みちる・志垣智子
  • Journal Title: 月刊福祉介護テクノプラス Volume: 88 Pages: 13-19
• [Journal Article] 「身体の溶け合い」を通じた「共育」としての新たな認知症介護支援－－家族介護者・ヘルパーの「語り」の分析から (2014)
  • Author(s): 鮫島輝美・竹内みちる
  • Journal Title: 集団力学 Volume: 31 Pages: 98-126
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Collaboration Between Medical Staffs and Care Workers to Support Older Adults' End-of-Life Care at Home: A Case Study of the Daily Interactions Between Them in Service-Added Housing Facilities in Japan. (2016)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI
  • Organizer: Third ISA Forum of Sociology
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-10
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Interorganizational Chains to Support End-of-Life in Service Housings for Older Adults. (2016)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI, & Tokiko INOUE.
  • Organizer: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and social Development 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Factors and issues related to failure of long-term home living among the elderly in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Tokiko INOUE, & Michiru TAKEUCHI
  • Organizer: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and social Development 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE DIFFICULTIES AND ISSUES RELATED TO LONG-TERM HOME LIVING IN JAPAN (2015)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI, Tokiko INOUE, Mari KINUKAWA, &Tomoko SHIGAKI
  • Organizer: The 10th IAGG Asia/Oceania Regional Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-19 – 2015-10-22
• [Presentation] AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE DIFFICULTIES AND ISSUES RELATED TO LONG-TERM HOME LIVING IN JAPAN. (2015)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI, Tokiko INOUE, Mari KINUKAWA, &Tomoko SHIGAKI.
  • Organizer: The 10th IAGG Asia/Oceania Regional Congress: Healthy Aging Beyond Frontiers
  • Place of Presentation: Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 独居高齢者の在宅終末期支援における医療・介護連携――終末期支援における両者の日々のやり取りから (2015)
  • Author(s): 竹内みちる
  • Organizer: 日本グループ・ダイナミックス学会第62回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-11
• [Presentation] 独居高齢者の在宅終末期支援における医療・介護・本人／家族連携：サービス付き高齢者向け住宅の事例から (2015)
  • Author(s): 竹内みちる
  • Organizer: 日本質的心理学会第12回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 宮城教育大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-03
• [Presentation] Severalty of the safety confirmation of older adults : A case study in service housings for older adults, Service-added Elder Persons’ Housing in Japan. (2015)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI
  • Organizer: The 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology and PAP 52nd Annual Convention
  • Place of Presentation: Cebu City, Philippines.
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-19 – 2015-08-22
• [Presentation] Severalty of the safety confirmation of older adults : A case study in service housings for older adults, Service-added Elder Persons’ Housing in Japan. (2015)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI
  • Organizer: The 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology and PAP 52nd Annual Convention: Psychology and Asian societies in the midst of change.
  • Place of Presentation: Cebu City, Philippines
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 高齢者の状況把握（安否確認）における個別性――サービス付き高齢者向け住宅事業者と入居者の役割に注目して (2014)
  • Author(s): 竹内みちる
  • Organizer: 日本質的心理学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 松山大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-18 – 2014-10-19
• [Presentation] The dynamic process of listening volunteers’ activity-seeking: Progressive case study of the Listening Volunteer Group in Kyoto, Japan. (2014)
  • Author(s): Michiru TAKEUCHI, Terumi SAMESHIMA
  • Organizer: 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology(ICAP)
  • Place of Presentation: Paris, France.
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-08 – 2014-07-13