Burden on family caregivers of frail elderly persons one year after the introduction of public long term care insurance service in the Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture: evaluation with a Japanese version of the Zarit caregiver burden interview

• Washio Masakazu

  Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University

• Arai Yumiko

  Research Unit for Nursing Caring Sciences and Psychology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences

• Izumi Hisako

  Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University

• Mori Mitsuru

  Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 介護保険制度導入1年後における福岡県遠賀地区の要介護高齢者を介護する家族の介護負担感: Zarit 介護負担尺度日本語版による検討
• カイゴ ホケン セイド ドウニュウ 1ネンゴ ニ オケル フクオカケン オンガ チク ノ ヨウ カイゴ コウレイシャ オ カイゴ スル カゾク ノ カイゴ フタンカン Zarit カイゴ フタン シャクド ニホンゴバン ニ ヨル ケントウ

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the factors related to the feeling of psychological stress, called heavy burden, in caregivers who took care of frail elderly persons 1 year after the introduction of the public long-term care insurance system (i. e., kaigo hoken) in the northern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Forty-seven caregivers answered a self-administered questionnaire involving the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI) and thus described their own caregiving situation. Compared to caregivers with a light burden, heavily burdened caregivers were less likely to have time to go out without their frail elderly, but tended to spend a longer time with them in providing for their physical care. Compared with less burdened caregivers, heavily burdened caregivers tended to be concerned with what others thought or said and more likely to use a short-stay service (i. e., temporary nursing home assistance).<br>More social services should be provided to let caregivers have their own time without caring for their patients. In addition, local governments and caremanagers should help caregivers to understand the benefits of services available for the elderly and their caregivers.

Journal

• Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

  Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics 40 (2), 147-155, 2003

  The Japan Geriatrics Society

Keywords

• Long-term care insurance
• Frail elderly
• Burden
• Social service
• Caregiver

Details

• CRID: 1390282680000508672
• NII Article ID: 10010768216
• NII Article ID: 10013289789
• NII Article ID: 30026934996
• NII Book ID: AN00199010
• DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.147
• COI: 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3s7ovFGqtw%3D%3D
• NDL BIB ID: 6536264
• ISSN: 03009173
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/03009173
• PubMed: 12708049
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6536264
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geriatrics1964/40/2/40_2_147/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2003251136
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