Investigation and analysis of the needs of the elderly community home care services

Objective: To investigate the needs of elderly community home care services for providing the evidence for the relevant government department in formulating the corresponding measures to improve the elderly home care conditions.Methods: One hundred and eighty-nine elderly people from Shanghai Jing'an district north station street community were investigated using the self-designed"the Questionnaire on the Needs of Elderly Community Home Care Service" by a convenience sampling method.Results: The elderly service hotline and nursing home were the most and least demanding project(55.6% and 3.7%),respectively.Ten different projects in different ages elderly were demanded,and the demand rates of rehabilitation,home care,escort,visit hospital,day care,nursing home and legal aid gradually decreased with increasing of ages(P<0.05 to P<0.01).The demand rates of elderly service hotline in 60 to 70 years old group,more than or equal to 80 years old group and 70 to 80 years old group gradually decrease(P<0.01),the demand rate of daily shopping gradually increased with the increasing of age(P<0.05),and the demand rate of doing homework in 70 to 80 years old group was higher than that in other two groups(P<0.05).Seven different projects in elderly with different occupations were demanded,the demand rates of rehabilitation,home care,hospital home,elderly service hotline and legal aid in mental labor group were higher than those in physical labor group(P<0.05 to P<0.01),and the demand rates of chat and daily shopping in mental labor group were lower than those in physical labor group(P<0.05 and P<0.01).Five different projects in elderly with different living with children affected the demand,and the demand rates of rehabilitation,home care,visiting hospital,hospital home and elderly service hotline in the same village/community and city group were higher than those in other district group(P<0.05 to P<0.01).Conclusions: The elderly with different demographic sociology has different needs,and the relevant government departments should provide the corresponding service project according to actual needs.