Publications by authors named "Noriko Yoshiyuki"
Background: Medical care and long-term care utilization in the last year of life of frail older adults could be a key indicator of their quality of life. This study aimed to identify the medical care expenditure (MCE) trajectories in the last year of life of frail older adults by investigating the association between MCE and long-term care utilization in each trajectory.
Methods: The retrospective cohort study of three municipalities in Japan included 405 decedents (median age at death, 85 years; 189 women [46.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to see if adult day services or personal assistance services could delay frailty in older adults with low care needs over a 5-year period.
- Conducted in Osaka, Japan, the study involved 655 nonfrail or prefrail participants aged 65 and older who were newly certified for long-term care insurance.
- Results indicated that using adult day services significantly reduced the risk of frailty, while personal assistance services showed no significant impact, highlighting the importance of adult day services for preventing frailty in seniors.
Five-year disease-related risk of mortality in ambulatory frail older Japanese.
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi
April 2021
Objectives We investigated the 5-year disease-related mortality risk, including that associated with neoplasms, mental/behavioral/neurodevelopmental disorders, and diseases of the circulatory system and respiratory system,in ambulatory frail Japanese older adults.Methods We retrospectively analyzed long-term care and health insurance claims data in this cohort study performed between April 2012 and March 2017. The primary outcome was mortality, and the secondary outcome was care-need level decline.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The Community Commitment Scale was developed in Japan to measure communities' ability to prevent older adults' social isolation, including socializing and belonging in the community. We translated the scale into Korean (the Community Commitment Scale-Korean version [CCS-K]), and determined its internal consistency, concurrent validity and construct validity.
Methods: Self-report questionnaires were administered to 326 local volunteers (82.
Background: The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to determine the effects on functional parameters of an updated preventive home visit program for frail older adults in the Japanese Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) system.
Methods: The program included home visits by nurses or care managers every 3 months for 24 months, with a systematic assessment of care needs to prevent functional decline. Eligible participants (N = 360) were randomly assigned to the visit (VG: n = 179) or control group (CG: n = 181).
Objectives: This cross-sectional study clarified the association between service utilization patterns and frailty in the elderly certified at the support level in Japan's long-term care insurance (LTCI) system.
Methods: We analyzed 710 subjects who completed in-home assessments and interviews from 1,033 elderly aged 65 and over living in Izumiotsu who had been certified at the LTCI support level in August 2014. The long-term service utilization data were collected from the local governmental office.