| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | H017 |
| Survey Title | User Questionnaire on Long-term Care Insurance and Home-visit Services, 2006 |
| Depositor | Hiroki Sato (Former Name:Department of Research on the Staffing Industry, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo) |
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| Educational Purpose | Only available for research. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| SSJDA Data Analysis | Not available |
| Summary |
This survey was conducted by the "Study Group on the Development of Helper Skills and Personnel Management" of the Department of Research on the Staffing Industry, the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, with the cooperation of Kamaishi City. Given the introduction of the long-term care insurance system, the demands on home-visit care services have expanded, and there is a growing need to improve the management system and quality of these services and secure a sufficient number of care workers to meet the demand in light of this field’s serious human resources shortage, especially regarding home care workers. Responding to the quantitative expansion and qualitative sophistication of needs and securing, retaining, and fostering sufficient human resources have become urgent issues in the nursing care business. In light of this situation, this survey focuses on qualitatively upgrading nursing care services. Specifically, the survey targets elderly people who use home care services and includes detailed survey items regarding their opinions of care staff and the services provided. Through these survey items, this study aims to clarify the actual situation of nursing care services from users' point of view and obtain basic data for improving the quality of home care services in the future. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Residents of Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, who used a home helper service under the long-term care insurance program in September 2006 (excluding deaths and admissions to facilities up to the time of the survey) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | 358 responses from a sample of 688 people (rate of return: 52.0%) |
| Date of Collection |
2006-09 ~ 2006-09 Persons living in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, who used a home helper service under the long-term care insurance program in September 2006 (excluding deaths and admissions to facilities up to the time of the survey) |
| Time Period |
2006 ~ 2006 |
| Spatial Unit | Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire-based survey (self-administered)，if it is difficult for the respondent to answer directly, a family member or caregiver can answer based on their knowledge of the respondent) *Surveys distributed via mail (from Kamaishi City), and collected via mail (Respondents returned the surveys to the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo via direct collection box.) |
| Investigator | Department of Research on the Staffing Industry, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo "Study Group on the Capacity Building and Human Resource Management of Home Helpers" |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.H017 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | 【 Questionnaire 】 |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) About home helpers Personal characteristics of the respondent’s home helper, respondent’s requests of the home helper, respondent’s thoughts about the home helper (2) Use of home-visit care services under long-term care insurance Services provided (or being provided) at the time of use, details about use (including contracts and home care plans), respondent’s hopes for and complaints about the home helper (3) Status of use of and satisfaction with nursing care services Service commencement date, level of care, use of home helper, level of satisfaction, services other than home care, persons whose opinions were paramount when deciding whether to use the services, experience of using Kamaishi City’s services, people involved in care other than the home helper, knowledge of the care insurance system and its revision (4) About the questionnaire respondents Current source(s) of enjoyment and life purpose, time when the respondent felt most fulfilled in life (5) Attributes of target respondents Gender，age，spouse，cohabitating family members, number of years of residence in Kamaishi City (6) Attributes of the actual respondent (only if the respondent is a cohabitating family member) Relationship with the respondent, gender，age，years of experience in long-term care *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire. |
| Date of Release | 2014/03/20 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS Elderly Social welfare systems/structures Specific social services: use and availability SOCIETY AND CULTURE |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2014-03-20 |
| Notes for Users | Question 18 (e) is not published. |