Attitude and perception towards ways of aged-care and home medical services among community-dwelling elderly: a qualitative study
10.3760/cma.j.cn114798-20230313-00207
- VernacularTitle:社区居家老年人对养老方式与居家医疗服务态度和评价的质性研究
- Author:
Xue JIN
1
;
Jianxin ZHANG
;
Mi YAO
;
Guopeng ZHOU
;
Chunhua CHI
Author Information
1. 北京大学第一医院全科医学科，北京 100034
- Keywords:
Aged;
Qualitative research;
Community health services;
Home health services
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2023;22(11):1153-1158
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the attitude and perception of the community-dwelling elderly on the provision of ways of aged-care and home care services by primary health care institutions.Methods:The focus group interviews were conducted from July to December 2021 among 40 home-bound older adults aged≥65 years, selected by purposive sampling method from 5 community health service centers in Beijing Xicheng District and Miyun District, and 4 eligible participants from each community. The topics of the interview were home care and home medical services. The recorded data were transcribed, coded, and analyzed. The themes of interview contents were extracted, summarized and refined with NVivo12 software.Results:Among 40 participants, 20 were males and 20 were females with an average age of (70.95±4.62) years (65 to 83). Three themes were extracted from the interviews: the mode of provision for aged care is influenced by various factors; the role of community medical services for home-based care of the elderly is limited; the contents of community home medical services need to be expanded.Conclusions:The home-bound elderly have a need for home medical services provided by the community, which are limited at present. The implementation of telemedicine and increasing service coordination in the community will be conducive to convenient home medical services for the home-bound elderly.
