拉丁裔家庭痴呆症护理人员的服务:劳动力准备好了吗?
Iveris L Martinez1, Elaine Acosta Gonzalez2, Leah Black3
1Center for Successful Aging, College of Health and Human Services, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA.
概括
对于患有阿尔茨海默氏症和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的人来说,拉丁裔护理人员因系统性差距而面临重大挑战. 改善痴呆症护理需要增强文化能力和对服务提供者的支持.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 神经退行性疾病和护理工作
背景情况:
- 美国医疗保健系统正在努力支持阿尔茨海默氏症和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的日益增长的人口.
- 拉丁裔社区不成比例地受到ADRD的影响,突出了现有的健康差异.
研究的目的:
- 从护理人员和服务提供者的角度探索拉丁裔ADRD患者的护理经验.
- 确定现有的社会和医疗保健服务中需要改进的关键领域.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及采访迈阿密-戴德县的24名拉丁裔护理人员和10名服务提供商.
- 用于分析采访数据以确定新出现的主题的基础理论方法.
主要成果:
- 确定的主要主题包括社会服务连接性差,病例管理困难,未满足的心理健康需求和语言障碍.
- 服务提供者需要在痴呆症护理,文化能力和有效的支持策略方面加强培训.
- 需要为ADRD护理提供替代和文化敏感的服务交付模式.
结论:
- 目前的ADRD服务对拉丁裔人口来说不足,需要进行系统性改进.
- 制定强制性的ADRD提供者教育课程,强调文化能力至关重要.
- 改善提供者培训可以提高ADRD患者及其家属的护理质量和有效性.
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