Creating a choice for elders who need primary nursing care to live and die at "Home like"enviroment ;"Home Hospice"

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593493
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Kumamoto Health Science University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEKUMA Chiaki 熊本保健科学大学, 保健科学部, 教授 (20312168)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAGUCHI Hiroaki 熊本大学, 教授 (20040503) ; KURAMOTO Ayano 東海大学, 医療技術短期大学, 講師 (30389548) ; FUNAKOSHI Kazumi 熊本保健科学大学, 保健科学部, 講師 (40461636)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ホームホスピス / 看取り / ターミナルケア / 地域ケアシステム / 終の棲家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Medical advance and longevity has led to heavy and prolonged nursing care in Japan. Families hope their aged or sick family member to spend their lives in “homelike environment” to the end.
The residents living in the “Home Hospice” that was renovated vacant house, smiles increased, a bedsore and ADL improved, and families’ satisfaction increased. The residents changes could be related to the environment such as the daily “sound” or “smell” of usual house, which is very much like those in one’s real home. Many staff members are able to take time for the residents, which also gave some stimulations and effects on the residents conditions. The residents living in similar environment to ones they used to be, their home, are spending their time slowly. And neighborhood are concerned about residents, Community also changed gradually. Such a system has been suggested　comprehensive community care system in japan.

Free Research Field

地域・在宅看護学