Historical evolution of home care applications in legislative base in Turkey

Çoban, Mustafa; Esatoğlu, Afsun Ezel; İzgi, Mustafa Cumhur

doi:10.5505/tjob.2014.29392

“…The concept of "home visit" in Turkey was officially mentioned in the Public Health Law in 1931 for the first time [1]. However, the scope and definition of home care service was determined clearly by the legislation in 2005 for the first time [2].…”

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Background: Home health service is the provision of health and care and follow-up services to patients in line with the recommendations of physicians, in the environment they live with their families, by the healthcare team in a way that meets their medical needs, including rehabilitation, physiotherapy and psychological treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate the medical conditions of pediatric patients receiving home health services.Methods: This descriptive study includes pediatric patients under the age of 18 who received home health services from Diyarbakır Pediatric Hospital in Turkey. The files of patients who applied to the home health unit between 2017 and 2020 and were actively followed up were reviewed retrospectively. The diagnoses, reasons for demand and medical needs of the patients were examined. Results:The mean age of 372 patients who received home health services was 10.9±4.3 years. 46.5% of the patients were diagnosed with epilepsy, 46.2% with mental retardation, 22.3% with cerebral palsy. Home health services are mostly requested for examination (49.2%), diaper (37.4%), medicine (14.8%) and formula (14.8%) reports. While 74.8% of girls are fully bedridden, 62.7% of boys are fully dependent (p<0.05). Most of the patients who are bedridden are provided with personal care by their families. 35.6% of bedridden patients and 29.6% of semi-dependent patients need medical care (p<0.05). While 63-67% of bedridden patients need rehabilitation, 38% of not bedridden patients need rehabilitation (p<0.05).Conclusions: Most of the patients receiving home health services are bedridden and have neurological diseases. As bed dependency increases, the need for medical care increases.

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“…Even home care services implemented in Turkey partially involve care services; they focus more on medical services. 3 Home care is a multidisciplinary care model with regard to the services involved and provision of holistic care. Among the team providing services, nurses have a very important role as caregivers in ensuring the efficiency of treatment and rehabilitation.…”

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“…Even home care services implemented in Turkey partially involve care services; they focus more on medical services. 3…”

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confidence: 99%

Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Elderly Discrimination and Opinions About Home Care Services

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The determination of nursing students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination and their opinions about home care is important in that it will affect the quality of care provided to elderly individuals in their homes by the students in the future. For this reason, the aim of this study was to determine relationship between nursing students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination and their opinions about home care services. This descriptive study was conducted with a total of 318 students from a university nursing faculty during the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Data for the study were collected using the Home Care Services Evaluation Questionnaire and the Ageism Attitude Scale. It was found that there was a positively significant but weak relationship between the students’ age discrimination scale total score and the positive discrimination subdimension score, and their opinions about home care services ( p < .001). Students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination were found to make a statistically significant contribution to their opinions about home care services. It was ascertained that students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination affected their opinions about home care services. It is recommended that geriatric nursing and home care nursing lectures be included in the nursing education curriculum, awareness of the importance of the concept of old age and elderly care be increased by establishing internship fields for students in institutions that provide home care for the elderly, and positive attitudes toward the elderly be promoted.

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Evaluation of Pediatric Patients Receiving Home Health Services

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Background: Home health service is the provision of health and care and follow-up services to patients in line with the recommendations of physicians, in the environment they live with their families, by the healthcare team in a way that meets their medical needs, including rehabilitation, physiotherapy and psychological treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate the medical conditions of pediatric patients receiving home health services.Methods: This descriptive study includes pediatric patients under the age of 18 who received home health services from Diyarbakır Pediatric Hospital in Turkey. The files of patients who applied to the home health unit between 2017 and 2020 and were actively followed up were reviewed retrospectively. The diagnoses, reasons for demand and medical needs of the patients were examined. Results:The mean age of 372 patients who received home health services was 10.9±4.3 years. 46.5% of the patients were diagnosed with epilepsy, 46.2% with mental retardation, 22.3% with cerebral palsy. Home health services are mostly requested for examination (49.2%), diaper (37.4%), medicine (14.8%) and formula (14.8%) reports. While 74.8% of girls are fully bedridden, 62.7% of boys are fully dependent (p<0.05). Most of the patients who are bedridden are provided with personal care by their families. 35.6% of bedridden patients and 29.6% of semi-dependent patients need medical care (p<0.05). While 63-67% of bedridden patients need rehabilitation, 38% of not bedridden patients need rehabilitation (p<0.05).Conclusions: Most of the patients receiving home health services are bedridden and have neurological diseases. As bed dependency increases, the need for medical care increases.

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Historical evolution of home care applications in legislative base in Turkey

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