An International Comparative Study on the Outcome of Ageing in Place of 24 Hour Care and its Promoting Factors and Inhibitory Factors

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380775
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo Kasei University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUOKA Yoko 東京家政大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70573294)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: エイジング・イン・プレイス / 24時間在宅ケア / 地域居住アウトカム / 定期巡回随時対応型訪問介護看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcome of ageing in place by measuring the status of the termination of 24-hour community care in several countries including　Japan. Denmark and the Netherlands as advanced countries of 24-hour care showed ‘death 40%, institutionalization 20%, hospitalization 0%’. The result of Denmark included ‘improvement 20%’. Regular home visitation and as-needed visitation services in Japan showed the almost same result as advanced countries with the result of ‘improvement 10%, hospitalization 10%’. The worldwide common promoting factors showed the importance of informal care from family members, friends and neighbors. The presence of ‘family members who disturb self-determination’ as inhibitory factor in Japan was remarkable.
The high performance of regular home visitation and as-needed visitation services in Japan and the importance of informal care as worldwide common factor are useful implications.

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