Is home care a realistic alternative to residential care among institutionalized elderly people in Finland?
Engelsk titel: Is home care a realistic alternative to residential care among institutionalized elderly people in Finland?
Författare:
Noro, Anja
;
Aro, Seppo
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 30
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 53872
Sammanfattning
The high rate of institutionalization among elderly people in Finland is widely discussed among policy-makers. The authors studied how realistic the wishes for deinstitutionalization are among the least sick elderly people in residential care, and what patient characteristics predict whether residential care is appropriate. This issue was assessed by the residential home personnel. Personnel assessment of institutional care as appropriate was mainly explained by patients' needing help with medication, limitations in activities of daily living, absence of own home to return to, no living children, incontinence, and poor vision.