Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)

Adult day care (ADC) is among the most common services in the Japanese long-term care context, but information on how such care is offered remains scarce. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool to assess the richness of clients' experiences regarding their ADC service use. Through a col...

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Main Authors: Naruse, Takashi, Tuckett, Anthony, Matsumoto, Hiroshige, Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82551
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author Naruse, Takashi
Tuckett, Anthony
Matsumoto, Hiroshige
Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
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Tuckett, Anthony
Matsumoto, Hiroshige
Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
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description Adult day care (ADC) is among the most common services in the Japanese long-term care context, but information on how such care is offered remains scarce. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool to assess the richness of clients' experiences regarding their ADC service use. Through a collaboration with ADC administrators and staff, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three ADC clients (in one ADC agency), and a questionnaire survey (17 items about clients' and their families' experiences within ADC) was applied to 360 ADC clients (in 11 ADC agencies). Principle component analysis showed four factors regarding experience of ADC use: "Social participation", "Hygiene and health", "Exercise and eating habits", and "Family support". These positive experiences might be effectively provided if stakeholders refer to clients' needs during ADC experiences, and their effective provision may relate to better care outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-825512021-03-08T03:23:49Z Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool) Naruse, Takashi Tuckett, Anthony Matsumoto, Hiroshige Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services Adult day care assessment quality of care aged care OLDER-ADULTS PARTICIPATION OUTCOMES PEOPLE IMPACT Adult day care (ADC) is among the most common services in the Japanese long-term care context, but information on how such care is offered remains scarce. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool to assess the richness of clients' experiences regarding their ADC service use. Through a collaboration with ADC administrators and staff, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three ADC clients (in one ADC agency), and a questionnaire survey (17 items about clients' and their families' experiences within ADC) was applied to 360 ADC clients (in 11 ADC agencies). Principle component analysis showed four factors regarding experience of ADC use: "Social participation", "Hygiene and health", "Exercise and eating habits", and "Family support". These positive experiences might be effectively provided if stakeholders refer to clients' needs during ADC experiences, and their effective provision may relate to better care outcomes. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82551 10.3390/healthcare8040363 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
Adult day care
assessment
quality of care
aged care
OLDER-ADULTS
PARTICIPATION
OUTCOMES
PEOPLE
IMPACT
Naruse, Takashi
Tuckett, Anthony
Matsumoto, Hiroshige
Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title_full Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title_fullStr Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title_full_unstemmed Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title_short Measurement Development for Japanese Clients' Experiences during Adult Day Care Service Use (The J-AdaCa Tool)
title_sort measurement development for japanese clients' experiences during adult day care service use (the j-adaca tool)
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
Adult day care
assessment
quality of care
aged care
OLDER-ADULTS
PARTICIPATION
OUTCOMES
PEOPLE
IMPACT
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82551