Preference of caregivers on residential care homes for older persons with versus without communication problems: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A residential care service voucher scheme has been introduced to expand the capacity and enhance choice of public-funded long-term care (LTC) in Hong Kong, enabling users to have greater choices over the types of LTC facilities. Older persons with communication problems have difficulties in understanding the care options available to them and expressing their preferences to care homes and daily service delivery, therefore hindering their ability to exercise control and choice. Thus, they may have different needs and preferences for the facilities than others due to their conditions. This study therefore aimed to investigate their preference for care homes in comparison with those without communication problems.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment was conducted to

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087920 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature