Specialized Home Care Needs and Models for Disabled Older Adults by Disability Level: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home care systems face critical challenges: severe staff shortages, ill-defined service content, and ineffective care needs communication, all contributing to suboptimal service delivery. Developing a severity-stratified priority model for functionally impaired older adults enables precise resource allocation, improving both care quality and quality of life in this high-risk population.

Objective

To identify the specialized home care service needs of older adults with physical disabilities across varying disability levels and to propose strategies to optimize specialized home care services.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

From October 2023 to January 2024, 550 older adults with physical disabilities participated in a disabili

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698254 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature