A survey of those who care for the elderly at home: Their problems and their needs

1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dee A. Jones ◽  
Norman J. Vetter
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Home Interactive Elderly Care Two-Way Video Healthcare System Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Chun Yi ◽  
Xiqiang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Design ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Service System ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Behavioural Characteristics ◽  
Function Modules ◽  
At Home

This paper explores and analyses the interactive home geriatric two-way video health care system, investigates and analyses the daily lives and behaviours of the elderly in their homes through research interviews, obtains the main needs of the elderly population in their lives, as well as their cognitive and behavioural characteristics, and proposes four service function modules for the elderly in their homes; then, combining service design and interaction design theory, we propose the following four service modules for the elderly in their homes. Given the design methods and processes of the intelligent service system for the elderly at home as well as the interface interaction design principles on the three levels of vision, interaction, and reflection, the intelligent service system platform for the elderly at home was constructed, the interaction design of the mobile device terminal software of the service system platform practiced in the form of APP, and the eye-movement experiment method and fuzzy hierarchical analysis were applied to the design of the intelligent service system for the elderly at home from qualitative and quantitative perspectives. The thesis study provides a new way of thinking to design and provide intelligent service system products for the elderly living at home, which is an important contribution to society’s care for the elderly and their quality of life. The key features of the human skeleton are extracted from the model of abnormal leaning and falling behaviour of the elderly, and the SVM machine learning method is used to classify and identify the data, which enables the identification of the abnormal behaviour of the elderly at home with an accuracy of 97%.

scholarly journals Research on the Combination of Commercially Available Thickeners and Commercially Available Nursing Food - By using Universal Design Food: UDF (Do not have to Bite)

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Naomi Katayama ◽  
Mayumi Hirabayashi ◽  
Shoko Kondo
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Viscosity Measurement ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Line Spread ◽  
At Home

Assuming home care for the elderly, we aimed to create a nursing food that can be created even at home, considering the combination of thickeners and foods, and creating useful data. Therefore, we used two types of thickeners that can purchase at pharmacies and three types of commercially available nursing food that can eat without chewing. Line Spread Test Start Kit (LST) manufactured by SARAYA used for viscosity measurement. The two types of thickeners used this time became more viscous when added to the food. And the viscosity of the food could be maintained over time (this time after 5minutes). However, in the case of foods rich in lipids, the thickener B was able to maintain the viscosity more than the thickener A. It is necessary to select a thickener that is compatible with the raw material ratio of the food.

scholarly journals Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirpa Salin ◽  
Marja Kaunonen ◽  
Päivi Åstedt-Kurki
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Respite Care ◽  
Informal Carer ◽  
Primary Nursing ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
At Home

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of their collaboration and relationships with family members in institutional respite care for the elderly. The family has a particularly important role in respite care, which is an extension of care provided at home. However no published studies were found on this subject. The data were collected through qualitative interviews (N=22). Content analysis of the nurses’ descriptions of their collaboration with family members yielded four main categories as follows: (1) conscious ignoring, (2) attempting to understand the family’s situation, (3) hinting at private family matters, and (4) being a friend. The results lend support to earlier findings which emphasize the complexity of relationships between nurses and family carers. A novel finding here is that these relationships may also develop into friendships. Greater emphasis must be placed on primary nursing so that the nurse and informal carer can build up a genuine relationship of trust. If periods of respite care are to help older people and their families to manage independently, it is imperative that nurses have the opportunity to visit their patients at home.

scholarly journals Phenomenology Study : Family Experience in Elderly Care In Depok Jawa Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
Yati Sri Hayati ◽  
Asti Melani Astari
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The Family ◽  
At Home

The family has an important role in elderly care at home, where the majority of assistance and long-term care for the elderly is provided by the family. The nurse is responsible for assisting the family in caring for the elderly, so that in the end the family is able to provide elderly care independently at home. This study aims to explore family experiences in caring for the elderly at home. Researchers used qualitative research methods with a phenomenological approach. Data obtained through semi-structured interviews with 6 (six) participants. The research produced 5 themes: care for the elderly is a form of devotion to parents, care for the elderly requires physical and mental readiness, care for the elderly requires knowledge related to the elderly and how to care for the elderly, care for the elderly requires support from extended families, and feel the importance of supporting cadres and health workers. For conclusion, elderly families have a responsibility to meet the needs of the elderly, so that efforts are needed to improve the knowledge and skills of the family in order to properly care for and meet the needs of the elderly.

Training Models for Formal Caregivers of Elderly Persons at Home

2020 ◽  
pp. 226-246
Author(s):  
Lucília Mateus Nunes ◽  
Andreia Ferreri Cerqueira
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Formal Caregivers ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Training Professionals ◽  
National Framework ◽  
At Home

The concern with the training models stems from our activity as teachers and researchers, recognizing the scenario of aging of the population, the need for policies and social and health responses, as well as the high relevance of training professionals to provide care for people in their homes and in the community. Thus, the authors organize the framework into topics that allow them to understand what underlies analysis and, of course, the proposals made at the end of the chapter. After presenting the national framework and a scooping review about what training models exist for professionals who provide care for the elderly at home, the authors discuss the findings and the lack of training models for professionals has become clear. So, supported by findings, they propose a training model, focusing in professional caregivers for elderly at home, and explore some trends related to technology support in the main objective of caring for and keeping the elderly persons in their homes, a kind of “caring-in-place” in a philosophy of aging-in-place.

scholarly journals Care in practice: negotiations regarding care for the elderly in multigenerational Arab Muslim families in Denmark

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abir Mohamad Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Senior Housing ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
Minority Families ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Elderly Family ◽  
At Home

AbstractRecent studies conclude that ethnic minority families in Denmark tend to be dismissive of senior housing and municipal homecare services for elderly family members. A large proportion of Muslim minority families in Denmark attach great importance to caring for the elderly as a tradition and prefer to take care of their own elderly family members at home. Nevertheless, the fact that morality, incentives, and obligations in relation to care for the elderly may be legitimized and/or contested with reference to cultural traditions and Islam has not received much attention in current research. In this article, drawing on material from ongoing ethnographic fieldwork among Arab Muslim families in Denmark, I discuss how cultural and religious backgrounds may determine and influence perceptions and behavior regarding care for the elderly. By observing and engaging in the everyday life of an Arab Muslim family, I explore how caring for elderly people with health problems at home raises specific questions about obligations and triggers negotiations across genders and generations. I argue that besides kinship and ethnicity, it is equally important to consider religiosity in an attempt to learn more about how Arab Muslims care for their elderly family members.

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