2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Strategies for avoiding hospitalization among the elderly alone and effect of the narrative care which is introduced into nursing for patient
| Project/Area Number |
16390646
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Hitomi University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Professor, 大学院人間総合科学研究科, 教授 (80173847)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUDA Motoka University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Associate professor, 大学院人間総合科学研究科, 講師 (60284642)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | narrative care / the elderly living alone / nursing for outpatient / Strategies for avoiding hospitalization |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was to clarify the effect of narrative care of outpatient nursing. We utilized result of a study for an elderly alone. In other words, we utilized result of study that "the elderly named having strategy to avoiding hospitalization " and a scene of outpatient nursing from "a strategic characteristic (a motive, an aim, contents and result). Through listening closely method and analysis by an interview and it became clear to take a strategy in relations with a visiting nurse and a housekeeper to maintain home care life with an elderly alone. In addition, a nurse came close with intention of narrative care in an outpatient and was able to confirm an effect to "relax strain and uneasiness" of at-home life by finding a place and time of the narrative. It meant expansion of human relations and supporting circumstances to surround an elderly alone. Such care ring-related expansion led to continuation of staying alone and understood that I brought early detection of improvement and an abnormality situation of healthy will and a preventive effect. Cooperation of an outpatient and temporary nursing at home became bread of medical treatment life for an elderly alone and it was thought that I raised feeling of satisfaction as a patient.
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