Factors Related to Care Management for Older Adults Requiring Home Care in the End-of-life Period and Implications for Training

Abstract

Introduction: To identify factors related to the quality-of-care management performance of older adults who required home care in the end-of-life period and implications for training.

Methods: A total of 2,540 care management offices were randomly selected, and one care manager from each office completed a self-administered questionnaire. The End-of-life Care Management Scale was used to assess care management performance. Multiple regression analysis was performed after bivariate analysis using attributes and other factors.

Results: The most important factors were previous training in disease, previous training in multidisciplinary collaboration, sex, previous training in nursing, had a visiting nurse agency, years of experience, and previous training in team building, in descending order.

Conclusion: Quality-of-care management execution may be improved by focusing on and prioritizing training content where contributions are indicated and utilizing visiting nurses.