针对轻度受损老年人的社区居家护理：一项调查分析。

Community-based residential care for the minimally impaired elderly: a survey analysis.

作者信息

Bradshaw B R, Vonderhaar W P, Keeney V T, Tyler L S, Harris S

出版信息

J Am Geriatr Soc. 1976 Sep;24(9):423-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1976.tb04132.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1976.tb04132.x

Abstract

Foster home care for the elderly, as an alternative to living independently, living with relatives or living in an institution, has been a neglected area of investigation, although such care is a nationwide phenomenon. This survey of all licensed Family Care Home operators in the Louisville, Kentucky area provides baseline data regarding the characteristics of providers of adult foster care and the recipients. Data were obtained from 183 persons caring for minimally impaired adults in their own homes and on 422 residents in these foster home settings. Of the residents, 69.5 percent were aged 65 or over. Care providers are described on the basis of age, race, sex, educational level, family size and composition, previous employment, reasons for entering the business, and problems encountered. Residents are described on the basis of age, race, sex, physical condition, care required, and outside contacts. Foster home care for the aged can furnish many advantages if the resident is properly placed and support services are provided. This form of care deserves much greater emphasis in future research of the provision of services for the elderly.

摘要

作为独立生活、与亲属同住或住在机构中的一种替代方式，老年寄养家庭照料一直是一个被忽视的研究领域，尽管这种照料是一种全国性现象。这项对肯塔基州路易斯维尔地区所有持牌家庭护理院经营者的调查提供了有关成人寄养照料提供者和接受者特征的基线数据。数据来自183名在自己家中照料轻度受损成年人的人以及这些寄养家庭环境中的422名居民。在这些居民中，69.5%的人年龄在65岁及以上。照料提供者根据年龄、种族、性别、教育水平、家庭规模和构成、以前的工作、进入该行业的原因以及遇到的问题进行描述。居民根据年龄、种族、性别、身体状况、所需照料以及外部联系进行描述。如果居民安置得当并提供支持服务，老年寄养家庭照料可以提供许多优势。这种照料形式在未来为老年人提供服务的研究中值得得到更大的重视。