[Analysing the Need for Long-Term Care: Potential of Data from Long-Term Care Assessments of the Bavarian Medical Service for Public Health Research and Practice].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite demographic changes, there is still no systematic and comparable differentiation of nursing care reporting on a small-scale level in Germany, where outpatient long-term care is depicted. This article presents findings of care assessment data of the Medical Service of Bavaria and draws conclusions for future reporting on nursing.

Methods

For the analysis, anonymised initial long-term care assessments of the Bavarian Medical Service of 2019 were evaluated exemplarily using descriptive methods. The study describes the characteristics of persons with a care level recommendation, the distribution of care level categories, medical diagnoses and degree of independence in the areas of life.

Results

The persons assessed were on average 80 years old. At the t

SUBMITTER: Schutz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322830 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature