在美国国家社区基样本中,有重叠的护理责任和护理需求的老年人
Wagahta Semere1, Veronica Yank1, Nadra E Lisha1
1Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|February 12, 2024
概括
超过30%的老年护理人员还获得了日常活动的帮助. 这些老年人更有可能是老年人,照顾配偶,收入有限,身体健康较差.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 老年人经常提供护理,尽管有个人健康挑战.
- 老年人护理人员的护理需求尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查同时接受护理的老年护理人员的患病率和特征.
- 确定与这种双重照顾者角色相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 从国家社会生活,健康和老龄化项目 (2015-2016) 中对60岁以上美国成年人的横截面分析.
- 照顾者定义为自我报告的协助;重叠的照顾接受者定义为需要帮助日常生活活动 (ADL) 或独立的ADL (IADL).
- 多变量后勤回归分析了护理人员特征和重叠的护理接收之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 32%的老年护理人员报告说,他们至少接受了一次ADL或IADL的帮助.
- 接收重叠的护理与年龄较大,照顾配偶,家庭资产有限 (<5万美元) 和自我报告的身体健康状况较差有关.
- 高龄,配偶照顾,资产有限,身体健康不佳显著增加了同时接受照顾的几率.
结论:
- 很大一部分老年护理人员经历了提供和接受护理的双重负担.
- 接受护理的老年护理人员是需要有针对性的支持的脆弱子组.
- 干预措施应解决老年人的独特需求,即管理自己的健康,同时照顾他人.
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