Service needs of residents in community‐based long‐term care facilities in northern Taiwan

Abstract

It is suggested that, if reimbursement by the National Health Insurance system of physician visits, including psychiatric visits, to LTC facilities were allowed, this would improve quality of care.

Caring for Residents of Eldercare Facilities: A Concept Analysis

“…Thus, the antecedents to the caring process include expressing the need for caring and accepting caring. Studies indicate that the needs and types of caring required by elders depend on their gender, how many children they have, and their specific chronic illness (Huang et al., ). For instance, male elders value skillful, physical caring behavior, but female elders value emotional or affect caring.…”

“…Institutional care for frail elders is a major concern for both developed and developing countries. Effective care services are needed in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) across countries and cultures (Huang, Lin, & Li, 2008;Natan, 2008), and caring is considered a core requirement for the delivery of high-quality care in eldercare facilities (Chao & Roth, 2005;Lin, Wang, Yarbrough, Alfred, & Martin, 2010). Although the attributes of caring have been extensively discussed in the literature, the understanding of the care concept in eldercare facilities is limited.…”

Factors related to perceived caring among older people residing in long‐term care facilities: a cross‐sectional study

“…From a holistic and dynamic‐process view of caring, the Quality‐Caring Model 11 asserts an unlimited number of interrelated factors that influence caring, including patient‐health status, providers, workload and organisational culture. Research has also established that elderly’s perception of caring is related to the recipient’s gender 12, comorbidities, the number of children the individual has 11,13, and the individual’s need for and openness to caring 6. Education, the physical activity level of residents and facility size have been found to influence the quality of life for elderly who live in LTCFs 14, but the influence of the perceived level of caring has not yet been presented in the literature.…”

A structured review of long-term care demand modelling

“…In the case of the former class of papers, such factors include: prevalence rates of disease (Macdonald & Cooper, 2007); rates of mortality (Comas-Herrera, Whittenberg, Pickard, & Knapp, 2007); cultural attitudes towards care of the elderly (Kim & Kim, 2004); future patterns of care and general improvements in the level of health (Karlsson M. , Mayhew, Plumb, & Rickayzen, 2006); and living status (Martikainen, et al, 2009). In the latter class of papers, factors identified include: proximity to death (Murphy & Martikainen, 2010) (Weaver, Stearns, Norton, & Spector, 2009) (De Meijer C. , Koopmanschap, Bago D'Uva, & Van Doorslaer, 2011); type and no of diagnoses (Huang, Lin, & Li, 2008); level of disability (De Meijer C. A., Koopmanschap, Koolman, & Van Doorslaer, 2009) (Imai & Fushimi, 2011); and marital status (Woo, Ho, Yu, & Lau, 2000) (Wong, Elderkamp-de Groot, Polder, & Van Exel, 2010).…”