Terminal care for one-person household
Usui, M.; Sano, S.; Asahina, Q.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 36(Suppl 1): 23-25
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 20443390 Document Number: 634442
In addition to visitor medical-examination service, Mutsumi-cho clinic (Minami-ku, Yokohama-city) started a home care service in October 2008. The number of one-person elderly house-hold is 8,483 (about 10%) out of 84,399 house-hold in Minami-ku where 200,000 people reside. We report here our experience in the terminal care of one-person elderly person who lives at home. The regional cooperation is indispensable for seeing-off of the end stage elderly patient at home. We (the physician, visiting nurse, care manager and helper were united and performed) spent a total of 10 days for a terminal care of the end stage elder patient.