Family caregiversa viewpoints towards quality of long-term care services for community-dwelling elders in Taiwan

The population of elderly people in Taiwan is increasing rapidly, and long-term gerontology care has become an important issue in this greying society. The purpose of this study is to explore family caregiversa viewpoints and opinions regarding the long-term care services for community-dwelling olde...

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Published in:Health & social care in the community Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 312 - 320
Main Authors: Lee, I, Wang, Hsiu-Hung, Chiou, Chii-Jun, Chang, Su-Hong
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01-05-2009
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Summary:The population of elderly people in Taiwan is increasing rapidly, and long-term gerontology care has become an important issue in this greying society. The purpose of this study is to explore family caregiversa viewpoints and opinions regarding the long-term care services for community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan. A qualitative study was conducted between August and December of 2005. Fifty family caregivers agreed to participate in this study. Data were collected by focus group interviews, in order to obtain the experience and expectation of family caregivers concerning long-term care services in their daily lives. Through content analysis and peer discussion, the data were categorized into five major themes: (1) praise for the services; (2) flexibility of long-term care services; (3) comprehensiveness of long-term services; (4) linkage and extension of existing resources; and (5) activeness of service provision. Study findings from the family caregiversa viewpoints should contribute to the improvement of long-term care services and provide a basis for designing suitable programmes to enhance community-dwelling in situ elderly people care.
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ISSN:0966-0410
1365-2524
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00842.x