Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia

Jieling Chen; Lin Wang; Ruiying Huang; Jiali Chen

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Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia

Jieling Chen, Lin Wang, Ruiying Huang, Jiali Chen

Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Received: 11 April 2020 Accepted: 27 April 2020 Published: 14 May 2020

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Objective: To explore the effects of home care in the elderly patients under the epidemic of COVID-19. Methods: According to the hospital deployment and guidance documents, a series of actions were worked out, including the home care service process and contingency plan, training of the knowledge of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), providing psychological intervention for nurses, providing home care for elderly patients at home and education about home prevention of COVID-19 for the elderly family. Results: From January 19 to March 31, 2020, the home visiting nurses provided home care service for 93 elderly patients at home, representing a 20% increase over the same period last year. The home care service included retention / replacement of gastric tube, retention / replacement of urinary tube, pressure ulcer care, sputum suction care, maintenance of peripherally inserted central catheters and venous blood collection for 127 times. The home visiting nurses were in good physical condition without any bad mood. Conclusion: Under the epidemic of COVID-19, more home-based elderly patients had home care service needs. Home care could not only take advantage under the epidemic situation, but also meet the medical needs of elderly patients at home, and effectively alleviate the burden of epidemic prevention and reduce the risk of cross infection. Home care could play a great role in prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Published in	American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22
Page(s)	145-148
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Home Care, Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, Epidemic

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Jieling Chen, Lin Wang, Ruiying Huang, Jiali Chen. (2020). Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. American Journal of Nursing Science, 9(3), 145-148. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22

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Jieling Chen; Lin Wang; Ruiying Huang; Jiali Chen. Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. Am. J. Nurs. Sci. 2020, 9(3), 145-148. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22

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Jieling Chen, Lin Wang, Ruiying Huang, Jiali Chen. Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. Am J Nurs Sci. 2020;9(3):145-148. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22

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Jieling Chen

Transitional Care Department, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Lin Wang

Transitional Care Department, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Ruiying Huang

Transitional Care Department, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Jiali Chen

Transitional Care Department, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

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Jieling Chen; Lin Wang; Ruiying Huang; Jiali Chen. Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. Am. J. Nurs. Sci. 2020, 9(3), 145-148. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22

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Jieling Chen, Lin Wang, Ruiying Huang, Jiali Chen. Home Care for the Elderly under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. Am J Nurs Sci. 2020;9(3):145-148. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20200903.22

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