[13-4] Relationship between the understanding of information for team approaches and the practice of team approaches by care managers
Presentation language：English
Background and Objectives
In the long-term care insurance system, Care Managers practice a team approach with home-visit nursing and home-visit care support centers. The present study examined the relationship between the understanding of Information for Team Approaches(ITA) and the practice of Team Approaches(TA) with home-visit nursing and home-visit care service by Care Managers of Homed-Based Care Support centers in Japan.
Method
The subjects were 800 randomly selected Care Managers(CM) in Homed-Based Care Support centers registered in WAM NET in Japan.
A mail questionnaire survey was conducted, Care Manager within the period between March and April, 2015. Excluding missing values, responses from 202(valid response rate 25.3%) were analyzed.
A Multiple regression analysis on the forced injection method was conducted, with factors related to TA as dependent variables, and the care managers' basic attributes and ITA including control variables as independent variables.
Results and Conclusion
As the results of analysis, all TA-related factors were closely associated with ITA.
In conclusion, the current study supported the hypothetical ITA significantly affected TA. It is important for care managers to collect information on team practices in order to make the team approach as smooth as possible.