Development of a nursing model to promote the shift of medical care from long-term care ward to home for integrated community care system

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15901
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Seirei Christopher University
• Principal Investigator: TOYOSHIMA Yukiko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80249234)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 木下 幸代 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00095952) ; 鈴木 知代 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50257557) ; 小池 武嗣 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 助教 (70345495)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KANOU Eri 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 臨床准教授 (90797953)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 医療療養病棟 / 在宅療養移行 / 看護支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study clarified nurse's support to promote the shift of medical care from long-term care ward to home.This study included the following three surveys.The 1st:Actual condition and task of the nurse's support to promote the shift of medical care from long-term care ward to home.The 2nd:Practice of the nurse's positive support to promote the shift of medical care from long-term care ward to home.The 3rd:Experience of family-caregivers of patients who shifted from long-term care ward to home.
The followings were shown in order to promote the shift of medical care from long-term care ward to home.1)Nurses should help patients and their family-caregivers to make a decision.2)They also should support patients and their family-caregivers individually.3)In cases with difficulties to shift medical care from long-term care ward to home despite will of patients and their family-caregivers,the role of nurses in the regional medical liaison office, who support ward nurses,is important.

Free Research Field

地域看護学　慢性看護学