TREATMENT AND CARE OF HOME ELDERLY CARE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONAL HOSPITALIZATION

Abstract

Its well-known fact that society must provide its citizen with a safe and dignified old age by ensuring their health and well-being. This can be achieved by creating conditions conducive to the individual development of the elderly, by creating conditions for the adaptation of elderly and their active participation every day’s life. Purpose of this study is detecting the particularities of providing the elderly medical home care as an alternative to their hospitalization in institutions for long-term treatment. The principles of organizing elderly home care with various chronic diseases and conditions which require medical and social assistance were also studied. To provide this investigation was provided scientific literature analysis, study of anamnesis of illness and life, observation of the state of health of patients, methods of general clinical examination of a patient. This study analyzed and examined the peculiarities of organizing home medical care for the elderly as an alternative to hospitalization. It revealed that to achieve an appropriate balance between care in inpatient social service institutions and other, less intensive types of care, requires a compromise between improving the quality of life and potentially improving the efficiency of services. As result of this scientific research were made conclusions: the features of the organization of medical home care for the elderly as an alternative to their hospitalization were studied, among which it was revealed that achieving an appropriate balance between care in stationary social service institutions and other, less intensive types of care requires a compromise between improving the quality of life and potentially improving the efficiency of services. The most common reasons for organizing care and medical care at home have been investigated. The most common causes of hospitalization in medical institutions of the elderly who are on medical care at home have been studied. The principles for determining the conditions for providing assistance to the elderly have been studied. Possible incentives for persons providing continuous informal assistance and care have been explored. The features of the aging process and improving the quality of life of the elderly have been studied. The quality of life of the elderly should contribute to the desire and ability of a person to lead an active lifestyle and longevity.