Jönsson Marie, Holmefur Marie, Appelros Peter, Fredriksson Carin
Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Br J Occup Ther. 2024 Jan;87(1):39-48. doi: 10.1177/03080226231191366. Epub 2023 Aug 21.
Relatives are important when older adults return home after a hospital stay. The aim of this study was to describe close relatives' perspectives of the everyday activities of older adults who are repeatedly readmitted to hospital and discharged to home.
A semi-structured interview was performed to collect data from twenty relatives (aged 45-82 years). Data were analysed using a deductive qualitative content analysis based on the results of a previous study within this field.
The overall theme 'In need of support to manage an unpredictable everyday life' shows that the older adults often needed support in everyday activities. In the two categories 'Difficulties in dealing with an unstable day' and 'Managing an unstable day' and the 10 subcategories, close relatives described that the older adults needed support in various ways from relatives or other individuals. Close contact was important for how everyday activities worked at home and in maintaining social contacts and contact with healthcare.
It was found that social needs, such as social contacts/activities, are just as important to assess at discharge as medical and functional needs.
在老年人住院后回家时，亲属很重要。本研究的目的是描述近亲对于反复入院并出院回家的老年人日常活动的看法。
进行了一次半结构化访谈，以收集来自20名亲属（年龄在45 - 82岁之间）的数据。基于该领域先前一项研究的结果，使用演绎定性内容分析法对数据进行了分析。
总体主题“需要支持以应对不可预测的日常生活”表明，老年人在日常活动中经常需要支持。在“应对不稳定的一天中的困难”和“管理不稳定的一天”这两个类别以及10个子类别中，近亲描述说老年人在各种方面需要亲属或其他个人的支持。密切联系对于家中日常活动的开展以及维持社会交往和与医疗保健机构的联系非常重要。
研究发现，诸如社交接触/活动等社会需求在出院时与医疗和功能需求一样重要，需要进行评估。
