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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Studies on Care Management Involving End-stage Care for the Elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16530391
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social welfare and social work studies
Research InstitutionUniversity of Shizuoka,Shizuoka College

Principal Investigator

SASAKI Takashi  University of Shizuoka, Junior College, professor, 教授 (50178654)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Keywordsend-stage care / family being present / at the deathbed / care management / end-stage care support plan / social welfare resources
Research Abstract

Methods of care management, with a focus on end-stage care for the elderly, are discussed in this report. The issue has surfaced from the current situation of providing end-stage care at nursing homes for the elderly in Japan.
Through this research it became clear that the need for medical services, particularly for care at the end of life, tends to increase, and thus facility residents are often turned over to people engaged in medical care.
Based on the above facts, the following three findings were obtained :
1. The issues of end-stage care that the facilities for the elderly think they should improve are not necessarily the ones that the families of the residents want to see improved. Therefore certain disparities appear between them, which causes further deterioration in providing care services.
2. Families of the residents want to hear from facility personnel a thorough explanation of the conditions at the end of a resident's life. The more frequently that explanations are given, the … More more satisfied the families are in their feelings about end-stage care services.
3. In order to provide quality end-stage care to the residents at the facility, it is necessary that either the resident, or his family, or both, clearly show their intentions regarding the care they want to be provided, and that those intentions are sufficiently included in the facility's care plans.
Together with these three findings, it also became clear through my research that there have been mounting problems in recent years that need to be solved in addition to the issue of improving end-stage care. One of them is the chronic shortage of care-givers at most facilities. Due to the shortage of staff, sufficient care-giving can not be practiced for residents.
A care management program has been introduced to Japan by implementing the elderly care insurance system. In order to develop end-stage care of higher quality, it became clear through my studies that it is critical to immediately create a Care Management System with care managers taking a lead in the project, in which the following three aspects should be incorporated: the family's wishes; the facility's challenges; and social resources.
As a part of my studies, ways to improve end-stage care at nursing homes is also discussed in this report. Less

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2007 2006

All Journal Article (7 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] イギリスのショップモビリティの研究-ベイスングトークを中心に-2007

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志
    • Journal Title

      日本地域福祉学会21回大会 報告要旨集

      Pages: 1

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 福祉マンパワー対策における労働市場の分析(2)2006

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志
    • Journal Title

      『環境と経営』・静岡産業大学経営研究所 第12巻・第1号

      Pages: 8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 福祉マンパワー対策における労働市場の分析(3)2006

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志
    • Journal Title

      『環境と経営』・静岡産業大学経営研究所 第12巻・第2号

      Pages: 11

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] イギリスのショップモビリティの研究2006

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志
    • Journal Title

      日本社会福祉学会第54回全国大会報告要旨集

      Pages: 1

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Analyses of the labor market as countermeasures for human resources in welfare, No. 22006

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Sasaki
    • Journal Title

      Shizuoka Sangyo University Institute of Management Kankyo to keiei (Environment and Management) Volume 12, No. 1

      Pages: 8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Analyses of the labor market as countermeasures for human resources in welfare, No. 32006

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Sasaki
    • Journal Title

      Shizuoka Sangyo University Institute of Management Kankyo to keiei (Environment and Management) Volume 12, No. 2

      Pages: 11

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Studies of the Shopmobility system in Great Britain2006

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Sasaki
    • Journal Title

      Collection of abstracts from the 54^<th> national convention of the Japanese Society for the Study of Social welfare

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 社会福祉の基本体系(5版)2007

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志 他
    • Total Pages
      170
    • Publisher
      勁草書房(東京)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 高齢者福祉論(第3版)2006

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 隆志 他
    • Total Pages
      250
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房(京都)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Koreisha fukushi-ron (On the Subject of the Welfare of the Elderly), 3rd edition2006

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Sasaki
    • Total Pages
      250
    • Publisher
      Minerva Publishing Co.Ltd.
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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