Carter H, Gorman D, Ramsay D, Turvey T
Fife Health Board, Glenrothes.
Health Bull (Edinb). 1992 Nov;50(6):433-40.
Dependency levels were assessed in 441 elderly people in long term geriatric hospital care, 488 living in private nursing homes and 637 in the local authority residential homes in Fife. Results indicated that the most dependent were in hospital care, the most able in residential homes with private nursing homes accommodating elderly people with intermediate dependency levels. While each care setting cares for severely dependent elderly people, up to 29% of those in residential homes, 24% of those in nursing homes and 6% of hospital residents were considered by care staff to be fully independent. The implications of this in relation to the future provision and pattern of long term care for the frail elderly in Fife are considerable.
对法夫郡长期在老年病医院接受护理的441名老年人、居住在私立养老院的488名老年人以及当地政府养老院的637名老年人的依赖程度进行了评估。结果表明，依赖程度最高的是在医院接受护理的老年人，能力最强的是住在养老院的老年人，私立养老院收留的是依赖程度中等的老年人。虽然每种护理机构都照顾重度依赖的老年人，但护理人员认为，养老院中高达29%的老人、私立养老院中24%的老人以及医院中6%的住院老人完全独立。这对于法夫郡未来为体弱老年人提供长期护理的方式和模式具有重大意义。
