A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing the Intention of Selecting the Charged Nursing Care Facilities

Park, Hyun Sik; Kim, Jong Moon; Kim, Se Won; Koh, Seong Eun; Lee, In Sik; Lee, Jong Min; Chung, Jin Sang

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To provide information of charged nursing care facility for helping to establish geriatric health care policy, and to figure out which factors would be the main determinants for the choice of it. METHOD: 46 males and 53 females, and the same number of their caregivers admitted into the charged nursing care facility were recruited for intensive interview including personal information, disease information, and economic, familial, marital and emotional statuses. This is a cross sectional study and we analyzed the data qualitatively.
RESULTS
Patients had 3.2 diseases and a hospitalization for 2.3 years on average. They were consists of 46 singles (46.9%), 8 unmarried (8.2%), 5 divorced (5.1%) and 32 married (32.7%). More than two third (70.1%) were supported by their eldest son or daughter. Mostly, the family caregivers decided to admit into the facilities by the doctor's recommendation (68.4%). When they made a choice for a facility, most of them (42.9%) considered environmental and sanitary conditions. According to their expectation for management in nursing care facility, most caregivers (59.2%) wanted simple-staying for the duration, but most patients (61.3%) expected to be home after taking comprehensive rehabilitation. Three quarter of the caregivers would agree to use nursing care facilities in the future, if they would be the same situation.
CONCLUSION
Life style and environment are rapidly changing. In the near future, we need lots of the charged nursing care facilities for the old, thus this study can be the good reference for the preparing upcoming aged and super aged society.