Health, Medical Care and Welfare for the Elderly. An Experiment of Community Home Health Care System.
10.2185/jjrm.42.1072
- VernacularTitle:茨城県南地域における保健・医療・福祉の連関に関する研究
- Author:
Toshimitsu TAYA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1994;42(5):1072-1079
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In a district of southern Ibaraki Prefecture, we have establsihed a regional medical care conference to approach a task that serves elderly people who need home care, in a comprehensive sort of way mustering expertise in health, medicine and welfare. We have also held joint study meetings of visiting nurses and health workers and courses to train leaders among old people. Thanks to these efforts, it has been made possible to put home health care into practice more effectively.
Home patients cannot be cared for fully by their family alone; home health care is something that must be tackled by the whole community. Our hospital, as the nucleus of regional medical institutions, must take it upon itself to play a central role in promoting education regarding home care.
Home nursing costs now almost equal revenues because of a revision of the rate of fees for medical services.
