Study of factors related to the practice of end-of-life care in group homes

Based on a surbey of group home managers

Abstract

  The primary goal was to clarify the factors in the feasibility of end-of-life care practice for the elderly in group homes. A questionnaire survey targeted managerial personnel of caregivers selected randomly from group homes across the country. The total number of subjects was 297. Setting the feasibility of end-of-life care as the response variable and factors related to the feasibility as explanatory variables, logistic regression analysis was carried out. This study clarified that the practice of end-of-life care in group homes was more feasible when the guidelines for caregivers providing end-of-life care were proactive ; physicians who could make house calls were available ; the caregivers were qualified for the addition of rewards in the healthcare cooperation system; and had experience in end-of-life care in group homes.