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Research On Home-Based Care Service For The Aged In The Unit Type Communities

Posted on:2017-05-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R Y ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2346330536966721Subject:Social work
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With increasing aging population,elderly careis gradually attracting the public attention.Traditional home care mode in modern society is facing challenges.Nursing homes have not yet satisfy the needs of most of the elderly.Since its establishment in 2001,home care service has played an important role in dealing with eldly care problems in China and has been accepted by old people with the strong support of the government.There are many studies of home care service for community in general,but studies on home care service for unit type community are rare.Based on the current situation and problems of home care service for unit type community in the city,suggestions were proposed to facilitate the development of home care service for unit type community.In this paper,the case study of community S in Dongying City(Shandong Province)is conducted by adopting the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in sociology.We surveyed 200 senior citizens randomly in community S and received 198 effective responses.In the survey we learned the general living condition of senior citizens in community S and their views of home care service.We also interviewed 14 typical seniors to find the problems and needs of elderly regarding home care.After investigation,we found that the unbalance of elderly needs and available community services and most old people want to get day care and mental comfort services;the home care service in community S is relatively simple and it only involves healthy and younger seniors in the basic life care.Therefore,home care service needs to be improved.Community S is the unit type and has strong administrative influence,resulting in pension funds shortage.Service staff training is limited and did not receive enough professional training which limits the service improvement.In the analysis of these problems,this paper further puts forward some suggestions on the development of unit type community home care service: build information platform to make old people's daily life more convenient;introduce professional social workers to participate in home care service;integrate home care related resources and enrich the spiritual life in the elderly;set up professional training of home care service and implement incentive salary system to improve the service.In terms of the health needs of old people,we need to adopt "medical combined with care" service approach,etc.Through research,we have found a suitable approach for the development of home care service in unit type community.
Keywords/Search Tags:Unit type Community, Home Care Service, Elderly Services
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