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The Effectiveness of the Around‐ the‐Clock In‐Home Care System: Did It Prevent the Institutionalization of Frail Elderly?
Author(s) -
Murashima Sachiyo,
Asahara Kiyomi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20103.x
Subject(s) - institutionalisation , nursing homes , gerontology , perspective (graphical) , medicine , nursing , geriatrics , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science
This study compares two communities in Japan from the perspective of community health care resources and their use by the elderly during 1992–98. In one community, programs of home care services for the elderly were reorganized to provide around‐the‐clock in‐home nursing and home help services seven days a week (ACC). Official records were the major sources of data. Evidence from the analysis indicated that ACC might contribute to less use of institutionalization as an alternative to home care, even though, in some instances, institutionalization is the only appropriate alternative.