A Study on Tele-Nursing Method for Elderly Person Based on Tracking Time and Cost for Care and Assistance by Family

Abstract

This study makes a model of "a limit that son/daughter can visit to a parent who live in remote location" based on an investigation. This model is shown in tracking time, cost, means of transportation, and frequency of visit. As a result, 6 types of model are shown and visualized on maps. Besides, this study investigates and analyzes about end of habitat that prospective elderly person wants to live in.

A Study on Interregional Differences in Elderly Person’s Remote Care in Terms of Traveling Time and Expense: Comparative Consideration in TOKYO Area and OSAKA Area

“…Furthermore, there are quantitative limits to the ability of existing fee-funded old people's homes, serviced senior accommodations 1 , and adult day care facilities to respond to this increase. It is clear that, given anticipated future trends of population aging and the falling birthrate, an adequate response using existing relevant provisions will gradually become impossible, and the likely consequential increase in cases of in-home long-term care, and of older people providing long-term care for other older people 2 , is cause for concern. If this situation continues, the capacity for effective "long-term care" (the Japanese word "kaigo", hereafter in this report, "care") within the nuclear and wider family will increasingly continue to be tested.…”

“…To maintain the state of relationships under this arrangement requires finding the time and money to meet face to face when necessary. In previous reports [2][3][4], the current authors used the term "older person tele-nursing model" 4 to describe the concept of a distance from which it is possible for an adult child providing remote care and support to comfortably travel between their own household and their parent's household. The reports identified the ideal visiting frequency (monthly, weekly), the distance that it is acceptable to travel, and the maximum acceptable cost of travel for a putative family living in the Kansai region in separate but nearby households.…”

“…In this report, a paper survey of participants' attitudes was conducted using the same method as the survey of attitudes in the Kansai region used in previous reports [2,3]. An outline is shown in Table 1.…”

“…Below is an overview of the relevant answers. Furthermore, to identify differences with the data for the Kansai region already unearthed in previous reports 2) , the breakdowns for S1 and S2 in Fig. 7, as in Table 3, are used to classify the respondent groups into six groups, from a1 through b3 8 .…”

“…Here, based on the results of paper attitude surveys for existing reports [2,3] and this report, regional differences between the Tokyo metropolitan region and the Kansai region are investigated in terms of remote care and support for older relatives. First, as in Fig.…”