Study on Evaluation of Degree of Care Needed for the Elderly

Development of Estimation Method of Needed Care and its Amount

Abstract

To solve the problems in constructing an ursing care insurance system for the elderly, it is essential to establish the method of evaluating personal needs for nursing care and the amount of care needed.

3,443 elderly people in hospitals dealing with intensive care services and special nursing homes were studied as subjects regarding the kinds of care they received and time span. 360 questions were asked of the residents to determine their attributes.

Analytical approaches showed that the collected data regarding the amount of provided care could be translated into the residents' attributes. Thus a method was developed to estimate the kinds and amount of care needed for the elderly by studying the personal information.