2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A study for developing a nursing care skill model of end of life for elderly with dementia about nurses at the long term care welfare facilities
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17592309
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Kyoto Tachibana University (2007)
Nagano College of Nursing (2005-2006) |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUNO Shigeyo Kyoto Tachibana University, Department of Nursing, Professor (90295543)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CHIBA Mayumi Nagano College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Lecturer (20336621)
OOTA Noriko Nagano College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Assistant Professor (10363889)
KUSUMOTO Yuko Nagano College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Assistant Professor (80438176)
ONOZUKA Motoko Kyoto Tachibana University, Department of Nursing, Research Assistant (30449508)
YAMAMOTO Shohei Kyoto Tachibana University, Department of Nursing, Research Assistant (00460692)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | nursing care skill model of the end of life for elderly people with dementia / nurses at the long-term care institutions / the elderly people with dementia in the long-term care institutions / nursing care skill for the end of life / the improving model for nursing care skill / the course for the end of life nursing care skill / the guideline(Q and A) for end of life care / participating in life of the elderly people |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify the model of toward improving nursing care skill for end of life of elderly with dementia about nurses at the long-term care institution.
The subjects were nurses (n=336) working at the long-term care institutions for the elderly with dementia in Nagano prefecture. Forty-seven and nine% of nurses answered the question. Their needs of nursing care skill for end of life of elderly with dementia were 15 parts. The courses of end of life care skill model were created eleven times in year. The aim of model creation was aiming at development of the care skill capability of nurses aiming at improvement in the quality of end of life care of the elderly people with dementia in institution. And it was carried out as the courses of end of life care, making up the guideline of end of life care. The courses of end of life care were carried out eleven times in year. The totals of participants were 18 nurses. The guideline (Q and A) of end of life care was printed as the booklet that was 50pages of 7 parts.
The model may be an effective way to development of the care skill capability of nurses aiming at improvement in the quality of end of life care of the elderly people with dementia in institution. Especially, the model had changed the perception and values of nurses who were rejected care of the elderly people with dementia in institution. Furthermore, this study has suggested that it was important to focus on care skill-up of nurses in the quality of end of life care of the elderly people with dementia.
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