Experiences regarding Home Care for Older Adults from the Viewpoint of Family, Paid Caregivers, Nurses, and Experts: A Qualitative Study.

Home care (HC) is recommended for older adults who want to live at home as long as possible despite life-limiting conditions. It is more convenient and cost-effective than institutionalization and hospitalization. However, HC for older adults in Iran faces many challenges. The purpose of this study...

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Publicado en:Health & Social Care in the Community pp. 1 - 15
Autores principales: Mobasseri, Khorshid, Allahverdipour, Hamid, Matlabi, Hossein, Kousha, Ahmad
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 1/11/2024
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          Mobasseri, Khorshid
          Allahverdipour, Hamid
          Matlabi, Hossein
          Kousha, Ahmad
        affil: Department of Geriatric Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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          Home Health Care In Old Age
          Family Attitudes
          Caregiver Attitudes
          Nurse Attitudes
          Expert Clinicians
          Human
          Iran
          Qualitative Studies
          Purposive Sample
          Content Analysis
          Exploratory Research
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Extended Family
          Thematic Analysis
          Aged
          Female
          Male
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Funding Source
          Aged: 65+ years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: Home care (HC) is recommended for older adults who want to live at home as long as possible despite life-limiting conditions. It is more convenient and cost-effective than institutionalization and hospitalization. However, HC for older adults in Iran faces many challenges. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of different stakeholders involved in HC for older adults about their experiences and suggestions for HC improvement. This qualitative study was conducted based on the explorative content analysis approach between 2021 and 2022 in Tabriz, Iran. The participants were selected using the purposeful sampling method, and the data were collected through in-depth semistructured personal interviews. A total of 27 individuals who participated in individual interviews were family members, HC workers (including nurses and unqualified paid caregivers), heads of counseling and nursing care at home centers, and experts who had clinical or research experience in the field of geriatric care. Collected data were categorized into three main themes: defects in home care governance, concern about the efficiency of home care, and caregivers' job security concerns. These themes reflected the problems of HC, such as conflicts between multiple trustees, lack of evaluation and monitoring, inadequate competence and financial barriers of families and caregivers, and poor integration and coordination of services. Therefore, it is recommended to develop a national model for HC for Iranian older adults and allocation of different financial resources for HC, implementing quality improvement and evaluation tools, enhancing the training of caregivers, providing them with adequate compensation and benefits, and ensuring the safety and quality of services. These findings can inform the policymakers and planners of care services about the needs and challenges of this population and facilitate the collaboration among different stakeholders to provide better HC for older adults.
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