Puckree T, Chetty T P, Ramlakan S, Simelane T V, Lin J
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa.
Disabil Rehabil. 1997 Dec;19(12):552-5. doi: 10.3109/09638289709166049.
An increase in dependent elderly people together with a change in social structure from extended to nuclear families is resulting in institutionalization of the elderly. Since training of health care personnel is not keeping pace with the demands for health care, many institutions for the elderly are forced to function without the necessary health personnel. The purpose of the present study was to examine the functional status of the residents of one geriatric facility without health care personnel in Durban, South Africa. Functional status of each of the 101 residents was assessed using the Barthel Index. The results show that although overall Barthel Index scores showed that ageing or pathology did not influence numbers of functional elderly, individual analysis of items indicated that the majority of the residents could not perform basic functional tasks like feeding, bathing and climbing stairs.
依赖他人的老年人数量增加，以及社会结构从大家庭向核心家庭的转变，导致了老年人的机构化。由于医护人员的培训跟不上医疗保健的需求，许多老年机构被迫在没有必要医护人员的情况下运作。本研究的目的是调查南非德班一家没有医护人员的老年护理机构中居民的功能状况。使用巴氏指数对101名居民的功能状况进行了评估。结果表明，尽管巴氏指数总分显示衰老或疾病并未影响功能正常的老年人数量，但对各项的单独分析表明，大多数居民无法完成诸如进食、洗澡和爬楼梯等基本功能任务。
