Survey on replacement care demands of family caregivers of the aged in Zhengzhou city / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the demands of replacement care service for family caregivers of the aged in Zhengzhou City,so as to provide the reference for replacement care service of the aged.Methods A total of 145 family caregivers of the aged were collected in Zhengzhou city and were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.Results In the 145 questionnaires,106 were valid.81 (76.4％) of them expressed needing to be replaced in the process of care,and 68 (64.1％) were willing to accept replacement care service.Order of demands of replacement service content was daily life nursing (77,72.6％),disease (66,62.3％) and psychological care (60,56.6％),etc.Influencing factors of selecting replacement care service for family caregivers included quality of service (63,59.4％),service price (38,35.8％) and professional skill (37,34.9％).The degree of demand of different ages,different careers,as well as different duration of daily care of family caregivers was statistically significant for replacement care service.Conclusions The degree of demand of family caregivers of the aged for replacement care service was higher.The government needs to establish replacement care service mechanism which is suitable for China's national conditions through policy guidance and support.