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Change of Use in Community Services among Disabled Older Adults during COVID-19 in Japan

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social interactions were restricted, including community services for disabled older adults. This study aimed to describe the change of use in community services related to long-term care insurance (LTCI) during the pandemic in Japan. A retrospective descriptive study w...

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Autores principales: Ito, Tomoko, Hirata-Mogi, Sachiko, Watanabe, Taeko, Sugiyama, Takehiro, Jin, Xueying, Kobayashi, Shu, Tamiya, Nanako
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031148
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author Ito, Tomoko
Hirata-Mogi, Sachiko
Watanabe, Taeko
Sugiyama, Takehiro
Jin, Xueying
Kobayashi, Shu
Tamiya, Nanako
author_facet Ito, Tomoko
Hirata-Mogi, Sachiko
Watanabe, Taeko
Sugiyama, Takehiro
Jin, Xueying
Kobayashi, Shu
Tamiya, Nanako
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, social interactions were restricted, including community services for disabled older adults. This study aimed to describe the change of use in community services related to long-term care insurance (LTCI) during the pandemic in Japan. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using data collected via a cloud-based management support platform for older adult care provider “Kaipoke”, by a private-sector company “SMS Co., Ltd.”, in which care-managers of LTCI manage their office work. Data collection occurred from July 2019 to June 2020. Study subjects were LTCI service users aged 65 years and above. Subjects were living at home. We examined changes in the number of users of LTCI services before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began, using an interrupted time-series analysis. Results indicated that the use of outpatient services was reduced; however, home-visit services were maintained. The decrease in use was significant in the seven prefectures where the infection initially spread. There are concerns that older adults or surrounding caregivers can be affected by such changes in LTC service use. It is therefore necessary to implement sustainable measures from a long-term perspective and investigate their influence as part of future studies.
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spelling pubmed-79084322021-02-27 Change of Use in Community Services among Disabled Older Adults during COVID-19 in Japan Ito, Tomoko Hirata-Mogi, Sachiko Watanabe, Taeko Sugiyama, Takehiro Jin, Xueying Kobayashi, Shu Tamiya, Nanako Int J Environ Res Public Health Article During the COVID-19 pandemic, social interactions were restricted, including community services for disabled older adults. This study aimed to describe the change of use in community services related to long-term care insurance (LTCI) during the pandemic in Japan. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using data collected via a cloud-based management support platform for older adult care provider “Kaipoke”, by a private-sector company “SMS Co., Ltd.”, in which care-managers of LTCI manage their office work. Data collection occurred from July 2019 to June 2020. Study subjects were LTCI service users aged 65 years and above. Subjects were living at home. We examined changes in the number of users of LTCI services before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began, using an interrupted time-series analysis. Results indicated that the use of outpatient services was reduced; however, home-visit services were maintained. The decrease in use was significant in the seven prefectures where the infection initially spread. There are concerns that older adults or surrounding caregivers can be affected by such changes in LTC service use. It is therefore necessary to implement sustainable measures from a long-term perspective and investigate their influence as part of future studies. MDPI 2021-01-28 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7908432/ /pubmed/33525441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031148 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tamiya, Nanako
Change of Use in Community Services among Disabled Older Adults during COVID-19 in Japan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031148
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