Assessment of ADL in Home-care for the Elderly: Change in ADL and Use of Short-term Hospital Care

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Hulter Åsberg
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Care For The Elderly

Hospital Care for the Elderly

2013 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Pannida Wattanapanom
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly

The economics of home care for the elderly

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
C. Bielawska ◽  
G.S. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly

scholarly journals Hospital care for elderly COVID-19 patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Roberto Silva Fhon ◽  
Luipa Michele Silva ◽  
Zoila Esperanza Leitón-Espinoza ◽  
Fernanda de Brito Matiello ◽  
Jessica Silva de Araujo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Care ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Objective: to analyze the newspaper articles on hospital care for elderly COVID-19 patients in online newspapers. Method: documentary, retrospective, descriptive and exploratory research. The data were collected from articles published on open-access websites of 12 newspapers from the following countries: Brazil, Spain, United States, France, Italy and Portugal. Results: out of 4,220 newspaper articles identified in this regard, 101 were selected after applying the inclusion criteria, the majority coming from Italy. The data analysis revealed three thematic categories: the care for patients with COVID-19 in the health system; the work process of the health team and its concern with contagion; and ethical dilemma in care for the elderly during hospitalization. Conclusion: the COVID-19 pandemic presented itself quickly and was widely reported in all countries. The health systems need to reorganize for care to the global population, especially the elderly, considering their weaknesses and also the lack of prior professional training to offer care to this population.

scholarly journals Experiences with the privatization of home care: evidence from Denmark

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Fersch ◽  
Per H Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Financial Responsibility ◽  
Care For The Elderly

Processes of privatization in home care for the elderly in Denmark have primarily taken the form of outsourcing public-care provisions. The content and quality of services have in principle remained the same, but the providers of services have changed. The welfare state has continued to bear the major responsibility for the provision of elderly care, while outsourcing has allowed clients to choose between public and private providers of care. The major aim of outsourcing has been to empower the frail elderly by providing them with exit-opportunities through a construction of this group as consumers of welfare-state provisions. The central government in Denmark has produced the public-service reform, but the municipalities bear the administrative and financial responsibility for care for the elderly. Further, national policymakers have decided that local authorities (municipalities) must provide to individuals requiring care the opportunities to choose. With this background in mind, this article analyses how national, top-down ideas and the ‘politics of choice' have created tensions locally in the form of municipal resistance and blockages. The article draws on case studies in two Danish municipalities, whereby central politicians and administrative leaders have been interviewed. We have identified four areas of tensions: 1) those between liberal and libertarian ideas and values versus local political orientations and practices; 2) new tensions and lines of demarcation among political actors, where old political conflicts no longer holds; 3) tensions between promises and actual delivery, due to insufficient control of private contractors; and 4) those between market principles and the professional ethics of care providers.

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