[Preliminary Survey in the Preparation of a Questionnaire on Nursing Practices at Group Homes for Elderly People with Dementia].

Abstract

The users of Group Homes (GH) for elderly people with dementia have increasing medical needs, and the number of GH that employ nurses is increasing. Due to the variety of employment patterns of nurses, we feel that it is necessary to conduct a cross-sectional survey of the practical situation of nurses and their practices. The purpose of this study was to interview eight GH nurses and prepare a questionnaire in which "Internal nurses" are defined as nurses employed by GH, regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time, and "external nurses" are defined as nurses who belong to home-visit nursing stations and visit by contract with GH. The results of a qualitatively descriptive analysis of the data obtained from the interviews revealed that 44 items were common to both the internal and the external nurses, and 2 items were added to the external nurses only, for a total of 46 items. In the future, a cross-sectional survey using this questionnaire with a large number of participants will clarify the actual, practical situation of GH nurses, and will also clarify whether there are differences between internal nurses and external nurses in practice due to differences in employment patterns.