Research Study Findings from Aomori University of Health and Welfare Update Understanding of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Home-based End-of-life Care Cooperation Between Visiting Nurses And Care Managers in Japan): Aging Research – Geriatrics and Gerontology

2024 JAN 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Japan Daily Report -- Investigators publish new report on geriatrics and gerontology. According to news originating from Aomori, Japan, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “End-of-life care patients use home-visit nursing services under Japanese long-term care insurance; however, they require a care manager to implement the care plan. However, the cooperation procedure of home-based medical care between visiting nurses and care managers has not been adequately researched.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Aomori University of Health and Welfare: “Thus, this study aimed to clarify the presence of support between visiting nurses and care managers to be adapted to this situation. This study was conducted in March and April 2023 at home-visit nursing stations located in a prefecture in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires were mailed to 192 visiting nurses in Japan, and 136 response forms (70.8%) were received through postal mails. A total of 130 questionnaires (67.7%) were determined to be valid responses, which also included the participants’ written consent for research. The presence or absence of work experience and the importance of collaboration in the preparatory, introductory, stable, and near-death stages of end-of-life care were answered. The presence of work experience at each stage was over 53.1%. The importance of collaboration at each stage was over 76.9%. Query regarding collaborating well with care managers was answered on a scale from 0 to 100 %. Good collaboration with care managers had an average score of 75.4%.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The presence or absence of experience and the importance of collaboration items were clarified at each stage. The research findings could contribute to the development of education and training. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP21K02802.”

For more information on this research see: Home-based End-of-life Care Cooperation Between Visiting Nurses And Care Managers in Japan. Innovation in Aging, 2023,7(Supplement_1). (Innovation in Aging - https://academic.oup.com/innovateage). The publisher for Innovation in Aging is Oxford University Press (OUP).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.3394.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Keiko Ono, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Aomori, Japan.

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