Caring for Patients to Enable Them to Live Better and Longer

VernacularTitle:よりよく生きるためのケアを目指して
Author: Yumiko MATSUTANI ; Ichie ONO ; Keiko KATO
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2013;61(5):741-745
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Our hospital is the only general hospital in Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It plays an important role as a core hospital in enhanceing the quality of medical care, welfare, and health care in this region. With the advent of the super-aging society, the needs of aged patients are complicated and diverse. Accordingly, the problems and needs of patients have become difficult to cope with by medical treatment alone. To cope with the current situation, in April 2010, we established the Department of Outpatient Nursing Care, which is managed by nurses certified as palliative care and dementia care specialists, aiming to support medical treatment and lives for patients. The Department of Outpatient Palliative Care specializes in caring for patients with diseases such as cancer as well as their families, and the Department of Outpatient Memory Care specializes in caring for dementia patients and their families. These departments intend to provide not only medical treatment to people in our community but also support patients so as to enable them to spend the rest of their lives in peace. Here, we report our nursing care activities.