The Status of Home-Based Hospice Care in Korea / 한국호스피스완화의료학회지
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
; : 98-107, 2013.
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en Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate how home-based hospice care is provided in Korea. METHODS: From July 2011 through August 2011, 29 hospice facilities that provide home-based hospice care were surveyed using a questionnaire. Items included in the questionnaire were general characteristics of the organization, staff members, service programs, difficulties. RESULTS: Among the surveyed, hospice care was hospital-based for 11 (37.9%) facilities, hospital-independent center-based care for four (13.8%) and home-based care only for 10 (34.5%). Near half the participants were located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Caregivers included nurses for 62.1% of the participants, volunteers 62.0%, pastors 44.8%, social workers 37.9%, coordinators 31.0% and doctors 31.0%. The facilities offered service programs such as family counseling (96.6%), transfer to other facilities (93.1%), psychological support (89.7%), bereavement support (86.2%), dying care (79.3%), clinical care (75.9%) and spiritual support (75.9%). The major obstacles were financial issues (24.1%), lack of trained staff (20.7%) and staff members' lack of awareness of home-based hospice care (13.8%). CONCLUSION: In Korea, home-based hospice care is provided by an insufficient number of facilities. Moreover, the service providers are experiencing difficulties such as lack of trained staff, insufficient financial resource and staff's lack of awareness of home-based hospice care. It is necessary to increase the number of home-based hospice care facilities with consideration of even distribution across regions and standard staffing and service programs and develop related insurance policies.
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Asunto principal:
Aflicción
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida
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Cuidadores
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Consejo
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Trabajadores Sociales
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Servicios de Salud
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Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio
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Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales
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Seguro
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article