scholarly journals Care needs of the elderly who live alone: an intersectoral perception

Rev Rene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. e44395
Author(s):  
Giovana Peres Cardoso ◽  
Daniela Garcia Damaceno ◽  
Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon ◽  
Maria José Sanches Marin
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Perception Of Health

Objective: to understand the perception of health and law professionals regarding care for frail elderly people who live alone. Methods: qualitative research, carried out through interviews with health and law professionals, using a vignette as a trigger, presenting the description of the story of a frail elderly woman who lived alone. Data were submitted to the thematic analysis technique. Results: the 23 professionals pointed out that the family members should be the responsible ones for the elderly; that institutionalization should take place as the last option; stressed the importance of multi-professional and intersectoral work; and recognized the limitations of the state. The professionals reported the appropriate interventions for the case. Conclusion: in care for the elderly who live alone, there are limitations for families, social care, and health services for the elderly, as well as the State, with the need to strengthen legally guaranteed resources.

The Sociotechnical Challenge of Integrating Telehealth and Telecare into Health and Social Care for the Elderly

2015 ◽  
pp. 1177-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Eason ◽  
Patrick Waterson ◽  
Priya Davda
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Sociotechnical Design ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Health Communities

Telehealth and telecare have been heralded as major mechanisms by which frail elderly people can continue to live at home but numerous pilot studies have not led to the adoption of these technologies as mainstream contributors to the health and social care of people in the community. This paper reviews why dissemination has proved difficult and concludes that one problem is that these technologies require considerable organisational changes if they are to be effective: successful implementation is not just a technical design issue but is a sociotechnical design challenge. The paper reviews the plans of 25 health communities in England to introduce integrated health and social care for the elderly. It concludes that these plans when implemented will produce organisational environments conducive to the mainstream deployment of telehealth and telecare. However, the plans focus on different kinds of integrated care and each makes different demands on telehealth and telecare. Progress on getting mainstream benefits from telehealth and telecare will therefore depend on building a number of different sociotechnical systems geared to different forms of integrated care and incorporating different forms of telehealth and telecare.

Multi-local and cross-border care loops: Comparison of childcare and eldercare policies in Slovenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 640-652
Author(s):  
Majda Hrženjak
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Full Time Employment

This article provides a comparative analysis of two different care systems, childcare and eldercare, in Slovenia, an Eastern-European post-transition country, with a dual-breadwinner full-time employment regime, a relatively low level of migration and a fast growing share of the 65+ population. The analysis shows that both care systems follow two different kinds of logic of egalitarianism, which means that the national care regime is internally diversified. While care for children is public, universally accessible and defamilialistic, care for the elderly follows the principles of marketization, economy-based inequality in access and familialization. Such policies also have different implications for care mobilities: while childcare demands daily transfers between multi-local sites of care, which remained confined within the state borders, eldercare increasingly demands cross-border care loops. The comparison of both care systems along with the empirical evidence on the presence/absence of migrant care workers in care support the thesis that cross-border care mobilities emerge at points where the state with its policies is failing to adequately meet care needs of the citizens.

The Sociotechnical Challenge of Integrating Telehealth and Telecare into Health and Social Care for the Elderly

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Eason ◽  
Patrick Waterson ◽  
Priya Davda
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Sociotechnical Design ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Health Communities

Telehealth and telecare have been heralded as major mechanisms by which frail elderly people can continue to live at home but numerous pilot studies have not led to the adoption of these technologies as mainstream contributors to the health and social care of people in the community. This paper reviews why dissemination has proved difficult and concludes that one problem is that these technologies require considerable organisational changes if they are to be effective: successful implementation is not just a technical design issue but is a sociotechnical design challenge. The paper reviews the plans of 25 health communities in England to introduce integrated health and social care for the elderly. It concludes that these plans when implemented will produce organisational environments conducive to the mainstream deployment of telehealth and telecare. However, the plans focus on different kinds of integrated care and each makes different demands on telehealth and telecare. Progress on getting mainstream benefits from telehealth and telecare will therefore depend on building a number of different sociotechnical systems geared to different forms of integrated care and incorporating different forms of telehealth and telecare.

scholarly journals SUMBANGAN POSYANDU LANSIA “DELIMA” DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEPEDULIAN SOSIAL LANSIA DI DUSUN WIDORO KIDUL

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
Sri Sundariningsih
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Weight Lift ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Government

AbstrakTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan tentang sumbangan Posyandu Lansia “Delima” dalam meningkatkan kepedulian sosial lansia melalui: (1) Kegiatan, (2) Pelaksanaan, (3) Hasil kegiatan, (4) Faktor pendukung dan penghambat kegiatan. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah kader dan anggota lansia. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Uji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber. Teknik analisis data meliputi reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: Pertama, kegiatan di Posyandu Lansia “Delima” yaitu penimbangan berat badan, pengukuran tensi darah, penyuluhan dan konseling, kunjungan rumah, PMT, kajian keagamaan, arisan, dan senam lansia. Kedua, pelaksanaan program meliputi perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi yang dalam pelaksanaan tersebut anggota lansia mendapatkan sumbangan kepedulian sosial lansia. Ke tiga, hasil dari kegiatan adalah anggota lansia sudah memiliki pengetahuan dan keterampilan untuk menjaga kesehatan fisik, psikologis dan meningkatkan kembali hubungan sosial di masyarakat. Ke empat, faktor pendukung meliputi adanya kader yang berkompeten, adanya dukungan  dana dari pemerintah dan dukungan dari keluarga. Sedangkan faktor penghambatnya adalah kondisi lanjut usia yang sudah lemah, kondisi cuaca yang tidak menentu dan belum lengkapnya peralatan kesehatan. THE CONTRIBUTION OF POSYANDU LANSIA “DELIMA” INCREASING SOCIAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY IN  WIDORO KIDUL AbstractThis study aims to describe the contribution of PosyanduLansia “Delima” in increasing elderly social care, which consists: (1) Activities, (2) Implementation, (3) Results of activities, (4) Factors supporting and inhibiting the activities. This research belongs to a qualitative approach with a kind of descriptive research. The subject of this research were cadre and elders. The data were collected through interview techniques, observation, and documentation. The validation that used was source triangulation. The data analysis technique that used was data reduction, data collection method, and conclusion drawing. The results of this research show: first, the activity of PosyanduLansia “Delima” is weight lift, blood measures, counseling, home visits, PMT, religious, arisan, and gymnastic for the elderly. Second, the implementation of activities including the planning, implementation, and evaluation which are in this implementation the elders get a contribution of social care. Third, The results of the activity are elderly members who already have the knowledge and skills to maintain physical, psychological health and improve social relations in the community. Four, supporting factors including competent cadres, the government funding supports, and support from the family. Inhibiting factors are elderly conditions that have been weak, erratic weather conditions, and incomplete health equipment.

The effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta, Kasongan, Bantul

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Firstyono Miftahul Aziz ◽  
Suratini Suratini
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sampling System ◽  
Randomized Sampling ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Dementia Incidence ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

For some people, dementia is considered as a disease that is common in elderly, regardless the impact of dementia. Taking care for the elderly with dementia brings stress for the family. It can cause and increase the family burden. Brain vitalization gymnastics is one of the methods to improve memory. The study aims to investigate the effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta. The study used Quasi Experimental with Pretest-Posttest control group and randomized sampling system. The samples were taken randomly as many as 26 respondents and were divided into two groups namely 13 respondents of experimental group and 13 respondents of control group. The statistical test used Wilcoxon Match Pairs Test. The result showed that Wilcoxon Match pairs test obtained p value 0,003, which is smaller than 0,005. There is an effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta

scholarly journals Organization of medical and social care for the elderly and senile patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
S. S. Vazhaeva ◽  
N. F. Shilnikova
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Natural Process ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The People ◽  
New Public

Population ageing is a natural process characterized by the increase in life expectancy and by a growth in the absolute number and proportion of elderly and senile persons in the population. These demographic changes increase the need for medical and social care among the people of this age group and require the development and implementation of new public policies.

Protective Factors in Family Relationships

2014 ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Young People ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The Family ◽  
The One ◽  
Partnership Approach

This chapter analyzes the importance of protective factors in family relationships. In Confucian societies, where services for older people may be limited, intergenerational family relationships are crucial in providing care for the elderly. Confucian societies are better at recognizing the protective influence of the family, but scholars from these areas suggest that the culture may be changing. As the “One child” norm extends (not only in China) across many Asian societies, the challenges for young people in supporting their parents and grandparents may become overwhelming. This chapter suggests that at every stage of the life cycle, some families will need state support in order to carry out their protective role in mitigating the risks experienced by both the young and the old. A state/family partnership approach is likely to be more acceptable, more effective, and more economic than state care alone.

scholarly journals Should the family or the state provide support for the elderly people? Findings from a two-generational Finnish study

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 138-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti O. Tanskanen ◽  
Johanna Kallio ◽  
Mirkka Danielsbacka
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Opinions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nationally Representative

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate public opinions towards elderly care. The authors analysed respondents’ opinions towards financial support, practical help and care for elderly people. Design/methodology/approach The authors used nationally representative data collected in Finland in 2012. Respondents represent an older generation (born between 1945 and 1950, n=1,959) and their adult children (born between 1962 and 1993, n=1,652). Findings First, the authors compared the opinions of older and younger Finns but did not find that older adults were more likely than younger adults support the state responsibility, or vice versa. It was also when only actual parent-child dyads (n=779) from same families were included. Next, the authors found that several socioeconomic and family-related variables were associated with public opinions of elderly care in both generations. For instance, in both generations lower-income individuals supported the state’s responsibility more compared to their better-off counterparts. Originality/value The study provides important knowledge on attitudes towards elderly care using unique two-generational data of younger and older adults.

scholarly journals Needs of frail elderly people in informal settlements

Curationis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Du Rand ◽  
K Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The frail elderly in informal settlements find themselves in an extremely vulnerable position due to a number of factors, namely, their increasing dependency status, limited resources and adverse physical environment. Various aspects that influence the aged in their present environment will be highlighted. A survey method was used to explore and to describe the world in which they live in informal areas. The attitude, expectation and needs of the elderly in respect of their care was also determined. A random cluster sample was taken. Data was collected by means of interviews in terms of a semi-structured questionnaire. It appears that the frail elderly were happy in the environment in which they received care in spite of their unfavourable physical environment and limited resources. The communities where the frail elderly lived were largely unaware of the valuable inputs they can make regarding the care of the aged. This necessitates the development of programs in the heart of communities, owned by communities, where all role players in the care of the aged participate.

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