Barriers to providing internet-based home care services for urban older adults in China: a qualitative study of the service providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the increasingly aging population in China and the changes in social and family structure, older adults' care problems are becoming more and more prominent. To meet the home care needs of urban older adults, the Chinese government has launched Internet-Based Home Care Services (IBHCS). Although this model innovation can significantly relieve care problems, more and more evidence shows that there are many barriers in the process of IBHCS supply. The current literature is mostly from the perspective of the service users, and there are very few studies on the experience of service providers.

Methods

In this study, we took a qualitative phenomenological approach and used semi-structured interviews to investigate service providers' daily experiences and the barr

SUBMITTER: Qi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature