scholarly journals Risks While Deinstitutionalizing Long-Term Elderly Care: The Case of Latvia

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-92
Author(s):  
Endija Rezgale-Straidoma ◽  
Līga Rasnača

The study deals with the deinstitutionalization of long-term care for elderly people in Latvia. The aim of this study is to identify the risks that elderly people, discharged from long-term care institutions, are likely to face. The research method of this case study is document analysis and a semi-structured interview. The research shows that some mismatch between the declared political aims and the current situation which was clarified through interviews exists. The identified risks have been grouped, analysed, conclusions drawn are provided in the paper.

Author(s):  
Seonsam Na

Until recently in South Korea, the central dilemma facing children with ageing parents was how and by whom their parents should be cared for. In accordance with the norm of filial piety, the eldest son used to take responsibility. However, with the recent proliferation of long-term care hospitals, this arrangement is changing. These institutions, which play the combined role of rehabilitative hospital, long-term care centre, and nursing home, admit elderly people who do not require active medical intervention. The government’s promotion of these hospitals, centred on deregulation, ambiguity around their function, and the lack of alternative care facilities, has led to an expansion of the sector and consequently to the ‘nursing hom(e)fication’ of many of these institutions. While these hospitals ease the pressures associated with an ageing population, their mainstreaming has had an impact on healthcare, medicine, and the lives of elderly people. The hospital field has become commercialised, medical practice is being transformed, and the dignity of elderly people is being lost through hospitalisation. In this new care regime, filial piety itself is undergoing transformation—from an ideology underpinning the domestication of care, to the market idiom of service compliance. In this article, I introduce these hospitals and investigate how their growth has brought about a Korean style of elderly care commodification, revealing the undercurrents of healthcare privatisation and the neoliberalisation of welfare.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Patrícia Peres Oliveira ◽  
Priscilla Sete de Carvalho Onofre ◽  
Paula Bertone Norberto

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the feelings of elderly people living in a long term care institution (ILP) with regard to the death of friends and relatives. Methodology: this is a descriptive and exploratory research with a qualitative approach, using the oral history method through two guiding questions: “Have you ever experienced the death of a friend, relative, or even some close colleague living in this institution? “and” How you face this situation?”. The data collection was carried out by means of recorded interviews, with the signing of Free and Informed Consent Term, help between January and March 2010, with twenty elderly people, from both sexes, aged between 72 and 89 years, living in an institution for elderly care in Sao Paulo city, as approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Universidade Paulista under CAAE 5380.0.000.251/09, obtaining a favorable opinion, under the Protocol 715/09. Results: from analyzing the interviews, four thematic focuses emerged: loss due to withdrawal from family relationships, new friendships, the existence after the death of friends and relatives, reflections on the possibility of one’s own death. Conclusions: it was possible to understand that the death of beloved people brings the elderly person closer to her/his own mortality, turning the grieving process more difficult, but separation is much more difficult to be interpreted because it is the loss of living persons. Therefore, it is essential that the health professionals and caregivers give support to the elderly people in their process of facing the suffering experienced. Descriptors: geriatric nursing; death; qualitative research. RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer os sentimentos dos idosos residentes em uma instituição de longa permanência (ILP) em relação à morte de amigos e familiares. Metodologia: trata-se de pesquisa descritiva e exploratória com abordagem qualitativa, utilizando o método da história oral a partir de duas questões norteadoras: “O senhor já vivenciou a morte de algum amigo, parente ou mesmo algum colega mais próximo residente nesta instituição? “e” “Como foi para o senhor enfrentar essa situação?” A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas gravadas, com assinatura de Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, realizadas entre janeiro e março de 2010, com vinte idosos, de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 72 anos e 89 anos, residentes em uma instituição para idosos da cidade de São Paulo, conforme aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Paulista sob o CAAE n. 5380.0.000.251/09, tendo obtido parecer favorável, sob o Protocolo nº 715/09. Resultados: a partir das análises das entrevistas emergiram quatro focos temáticos: a perda pela separação do convívio familiar, novas amizades, a existência após a morte dos amigos e familiares, reflexões sobre a possibilidade da própria morte. Conclusões: foi possível compreender que a morte de pessoas queridas aproxima o idoso de sua própria mortalidade, dificultando o processo de luto, mas a separação é muito mais difícil de ser interpretada por ser a perda de pessoas vivas. Portanto é fundamental que os profissionais de saúde e cuidadores deem suporte aos idosos em seu processo de enfrentamento do sofrimento vivenciado. Descritores: enfermagem geriátrica; morte; pesquisa qualitativa. RESUMEN Objetivo: conocer los sentimientos de los ancianos residentes en una institución de larga permanencia (ILP) en relación a la muerte de amigos y familiares. Metodología: esta es una investigación descriptiva y exploratoria con abordaje cualitativo, utilizando el método de la  historia oral, desde das preguntas orientadoras: “¿Usted ya vivenció la muerte de algún amigo, pariente o mismo algún colega más cercano residente en esta institución? “e” ¿Cómo fue para usted hacer frente a esa situación?”. La recogida de datos se realizó por medio de entrevistas grabadas, con firma de Término de Consentimiento Libre Y Esclarecido, realizadas entre enero y marzo de 2010, con veinte ancianos, de ambos sexos, con edades entre 72 y 89 años, residentes en una institución para ancianos en la ciudad de São Paulo, conforme aprobación del Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Universidade Paulista bajo el CAAE 5380.0.000.251/09, teniendo obtenido opinión favorable, bajo el Protocolo 715/09. Resultados: desde los análisis de las entrevistas surgieron cuatro focos temáticos: la pérdida por separación del convivio familiar, nuevas amistades, la existencia después de la muerte de amigos y familiares, reflexiones acerca de la posibilidad de la propia muerte. Conclusiones: fue posible comprender que la muerte de personas queridas aproxima el anciano de su propia mortalidad, dificultando el proceso de luto, pero la separación es mucho más difícil de ser interpretada por ser la pérdida de personas vivas. Por lo tanto, es fundamental que los profesionales de la salud y los cuidadores den soporte a los ancianos en su proceso de enfrentamiento del sufrimiento vivenciado. Descriptores: enfermería geriátrica; muerte; investigación cualitativa.


2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Komatsu ◽  
Kayoko Hirata ◽  
Idumi Mochimatsu ◽  
Kazuo Matsui ◽  
Hajime Hirose ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Laura Oliveri
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Ecuador case study summary website "Panorama of Aging and Long-term Care".


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Young

In Ontario long-term care (LTC) settings, person-centred care (PCC) is promoted by government legislation, accreditation organizations and professional practice guidelines aiming to integrate this approach. However, there is currently no standardized approach to providing PCC in LTC. The purpose of this study was to examine public policies on PCC in Ontario and explore how they are interpreted and translated into practice in LTC. A qualitative case study approach was used to examine the perspectives of key stakeholders at one LTC facility in Ontario. Focus groups were conducted with residents, family members, direct care providers and managers. Through content analysis, findings were organized into four categories showcasing both overlapping and differential understandings of PCC in practice: 1) conceptualization, 2) barriers, 3) facilitators, and 4) evaluation. Identified tensions between policy and the delivery of PCC highlight systemic issues that must be addressed to enable equitable person-centred LTC rooted in resident-identified priorities.


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