E0042037

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The Initial Factors Promoting Long-Term Care Health Facility Inpatients to Return Home : Examination Focusing on the Number of Family Visits through Research and Intervention

English (英語)

Bulletin of health sciences Kobe

35

19-33

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University

2019

2020-07-08

The number of inpatients returning home after being discharged from long-term care health facilities is declining, with the opinions and presence of family members being attributed to this trend. In Study 1, we focused on family members’ visits to such long-term care health facilities in order to understand the involvement between inpatients and family members. We hypothesized that inpatients with family members who visit them frequently are more likely to return home. The results revealed that the home group had more visits two weeks after admission than did the medical group. Study 2, we attempted interventions to increase the number of family visits and return home. The results indicated that the number of family visits was found to be higher in the intervention group than the control group; however, there was no difference in the number of home returns between the two groups. The requirements for inpatients to return to their homes include the absence of medical need and their families’ desire for inpatients to return to their homes. However, we expect that increased opportunities for inpatients and family members to interact will create a shift in the mindset of the both inpatients and family members and increase their sense of affinity.

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