Structure of Care Managers' Approaches to and Awareness of "Nutritional Improvement" for Care-dependent Older People
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- FUJIO Yuko
- Faculty of Health Science and Nursing , Juntendo University
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- ENOMOTO Yoshiko
- Faculty of Health Science and Nursing , Juntendo University
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- OGAWA Noriko
- Faculty of Health Science and Nursing , Juntendo University
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- FURUKAWA Kazutoshi
- Faculty of Human Life Design, Toyo University
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- KODAIRA Megumi
- International University of Health and Welfare Granduate School
Abstract
To structure care managers' approaches (upright) to and awareness (oblique) of nutritional improvement for care-dependent older people, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 care managers in Japan. Concerning nutritional improvement for care-dependent older people, the care managers, managing older people with [mental and physical dysfunctions due to a decline in the nutritional status] and consequently [realizing the association between their nutritional status and mental and physical functions] developed dilemmas, while perceiving [distress due to problems care managers cannot resolve alone] as a result of [insufficient nutrition education through care manager training]. Although they perceived [distress due to problems care managers cannot resolve alone], they continued to adopt approaches, such as [devising measures for nutritional management from the perspective of a care manager] and [assessing nutritional status based on the living conditions and body weight]. However, the results also revealed their dilemmas due to [difficulty in accurately assessing nutritional status], suggesting [the importance of performing nutritional management through collaboration with other professionals and services].
Journal
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- Asian Journal of Human Services
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Asian Journal of Human Services 18 (0), 1-17, 2020
Asian Society of Human Services
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390285300154976768
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- NII Article ID
- 130007838083
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- ISSN
- 2188059X
- 21863350
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed