OLD PEOPLE AND NURSING HOMES

In this day and age, the more developed the life is, the busier people are. This is a reason why a number of people have no time to take care their parents

Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 National Economics University Faculty of International Education IBD program -0O0 - TOPIC: OLD PEOPLE AND NURSING HOMES JUNE 2010 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 ACKNOWLEADGEMENT First of all, I want to send my grateful to my teacher: Pham Phuong Lan giving my group valuable advice to help us complete this project Secondly, I would like to express particular thanks to all students of National Economics University who have helped me to collect the data for this study and supported me during the completion of this paper Lastly, I hope that everybody reading this report will feel satisfied If I have carelessness, please sympathize with me Vu Thi Quynh Nga Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Content Part I : Introduction • Topic • Background • Rational • Purpose • Methodology • Scope of study • Research question • Literature review Part II : Major findings • What is nursing home? • What are the reasons for living in nursing homes of old people? 10 • What is the situation of old people in nursing home? 16 → The feeling of old people when they live in nursing homes 17 → The advantages of nursing home 18 → The disadvantages of nursing homes 19 • What is the thought of student about taking old people to nursing homes in Vietnam? 21 • Are nursing homes necessary? And why are they necessary? Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Part IV: Conclusion 24 Part V: Preference 26 Part VI: Appendix 27 Introduction Topic: Old people and nursing home Title: The thought of students about : • The concept of nursing home • The reason for living in nursing homes of old people • The lives of old people in nursing homes Background: In this day and age, the more developed the life is, the busier people are This is a reason why a number of people have no time to take care their parents, and one solution is put is that they take their parents to the nursing home where they think that their parents will have better life than outside A lot of opinions are given around this problem, some people agree but others disagree Old people always want to have a warm life beside their children, but in some cases, there are not all of the old people having this ( ex: old people don’t have family or some of them are refused to take care by their children… ) , they are compulsory to choose to live in nursing home, and also many old people die in there in loneliness In this writing, the readers can find the fact of the old people’ lives in nursing homes Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Rational: The reason why I choose this topic is that I am curious about the lives of old people in nursing home Besides this , I also would like to know the ideas of students about living in nursing home of old people and the thought of students when adults take old people to nursing homes Purpose: • The purpose of this project is to investigate the thought of student about the reasons for living in nursing home of old people • The outlook of student about feeling of old people in nursing home • Student’s thought about necessary of nursing home and is this good or bad when adults take their old people to nursing home Methodology: In order to collect data, I used both primary data and secondary data • For the primary data, 30 questionnaires which include 11 survey questions were distributed to 30 National economic students in Ha Noi Then, the data were classified, synthesized and analyzed • For the secondary data, i used some document on the internet such as : http://www.tin247.com/de_bo_me_o_vien_duong_lao_khong_phai_la_bat_hie u-18-21282401.html ; http://tuoitre.vn/Chinh-tri-Xa-hoi/Phong-su-Ky- su/170553/On-nghia-sinh-thanh -Ky-cuoi-%E2%80%9CTrung-tam-bao-hieu %E2%80%9D.html Scope of the study: in this writing, i will concentrate on the student in some universities Research questions What is the nursing home? What are the reasons for living in nursing homes of old people? What is the situation of old people in nursing homes? How students think about taking old people to nursing homes.? Are nursing homes necessary? Literature review The older should live in nursing home ( unknown- Vn express) http://vnexpress.net/GL/Ban-doc-viet/Doi-song/2006/10/3B9EF997/ According to the author of this writing, the old people should live in nursing home for these below reasons: Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Old people are living in a quiet atmosphere, peace, friendship, solidarity and freedom They are not affected by air noise, busy, hurry, stress of class young people which they are confronted in their daily lives Young people are free to what they love in life in their house without disturbing their elderly people They can live their lifestyle and older people also live their own way in the heart of nursing This helps to avoid conflicts between two different generations living together in one house The old people really can rest comfortably for the last stage of their lives without being annoyed by the work as going to market , cooking , house cleaning, taking children to school and picking them home, worrying children when they fights, caring for the children, bathing and washing for children The author also gives his opinion about money of the old people He said that the old people should not give their children all of the assets, they can only give them when they die by wills Taking the old people into nursing care is heartless ( unknown- Viet bao) http://vietbao.vn/Trang-ban-doc/Dua-nguoi-gia-vao-vien-duong-lao-lanhan-tam/10985773/484/ The author of this newspaper said that he was very sympathetic to the idea that the need for nursing Terms of nursing science is to solve the most encumbered in modern life of man Putting the old people in nursing home is the same with taking children in kindergarten so But that really has to be a good thing to or not? In his opinion , nursing home , if people look on the human side of it, like a "prison", a "concentration camp" for the old people It creates utility for society, people who still have ability to work not worry about their parents, but it is really unfair for the old people who have devoted their lives to their families and society, and then they have to return in the cold home and live alone in a small space like that There should be multiple rates for nursing home( unknown- tin274) http://www.tin247.com/nen_co_nhieu_muc_gia_cho_trung_tam_duong_lao -18-21282407.html Currently the life of our people have been improving, the family has only one or two children On the other hand, because of the market mechanism and the Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 demands of the job so the young people not have time to take care of their parents If they can take care, they are not professional to help their old people From the author point of view , these reasons why Viet Nam should extend the services for the old people, regarding funding, there should be a prescribed lowest price for basic services, and other advanced services depends on the conditions of each person registered So what, at first opinion cannot support, but if the center works well and effectively they will surely be appreciated and social support Need to change perception nursing home(unknown-viet bao) http://vietbao.vn/Trang-ban-doc/Can-thay-doi-quan-niem-vien-duonglao/10984740/484/ In this article , the author said that her mother has problem about metal health , so she does not know how to take care his mother while she has to go for working Everyday she always worries about her mother , if she lets her mother at home and lock the door, she feels uncomfortable So she believes that nursing home is the best way to help her and her mother, she wants everybody to change their thought about nursing home She herself wants her old life in a nursing home with a relative comfort to live happily, live healthily and not bother anyone Nursing home is not suitable to Vietnam's conditions( unknown- tin 274 http://www.tin247.com/vien_duong_lao_chua_phu_hop_dieu_kien_viet_na m-18-21298965.html In this writing, the author said that nursing home in Viet Nam is not good and suitable for old people He gave some reasons below Firstly , the nursing home has yet developed, people in there are not professional to take care old people Secondly , psychology, habits and lifestyles of Vietnam are very different from Europe, America, this remedy is not easy Thirdly is the funding problem The old people not have enough capital to cover their own for themselves, especially in rural areas, but this rate in our country is high Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 He is sure that if our country is a nursing model in advanced countries as it surely will attract the old people It is also an effective form of business and future for an increasing elderly and thinking also changed the rhythm of industrial life Let parents live in nursing home is not ungrateful towards parents http://www.tin247.com/de_bo_me_o_vien_duong_lao_khong_phai_la_ba t_hieu-18-21282401.html The author of this writing is opinion of taking parents to nursing home He said that the model of nuclear families was upward trend in comparison with the model of traditional families in Viet Nam nowadays He supposed that this was apodictic thing because of its advantages This makes children have more confidences in our lives, …, especially avoid the conflicts which are too complicated by so many generations in a family As a result in a family, there are children and their families, not grandparents or older generations However some people also argued that the elderly people not live with their families is not appropriate This is not exact because in fact although old people live with their children, they may not be cared of by their children , even the person caring them may be a housekeeper He also said that there were some adults being not responsible to take care, even they pushed responsibilities for each other On the contrary if old people stay in nursing home, they will be cared well about both health and spirit In conclusion, he believed that Old people living in nursing home felt better than lived with their families with suffering unhappiness , tiredness because of conflicts between different generation Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Major findings I, WHAT IS NURSING HOME? There are many ideas about concept of nursing home In the first part of this writing, some ideas about what nursing home is of Vietnamese student will be showed This chart reflects the thought of student in some universities in Ha Noi about concept of nursing home As can be seen obviously that the number of students choosing the fourth concept about nursing home( Nursing home is a place where old people are cared of and helped to have a better life) is by far the highest, 44%, compared with other ideas The second place belongs to the first concept ( Nursing home is a place where old people who don’t have house or children to take care of them live) with 26% people choose The percentage of students choosing the third concept being half of this chooses the fourth concept accounts for 21% in total There are not many people choose the concept being that Nursing home is a place Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 where old people who are going to die live, this ratio makes up about 8% The smallest proportion of choosing is on other ideas, just 1% student choose this idea With nearly 44% people chooses the fourth concept, this can be said that most of student think that living in nursing home, old people are cared of and helped to have a better life However a more interesting thing is that besides four concepts about nursing home given, 1% people giving their own ideas are also real For example: Some people have common ideas is that nursing home is like kindergarten of old people When they asked why they thought this, they argued that there was no difference between nursing home and kindergarten Others think that nursing home is like old people’s families , or homes , old people can livee comfortably in there… To conclude, these data collected support the idea that most of people have a positive view about nursing home “A nursing home is a place for people who don't need to be in a hospital but can't be cared for at home Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day Some nursing homes are set up like a hospital The staff provides medical care, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy There might be a nurses' station on each floor Other nursing homes try to be more like home They try to have a neighborhood feel Some nursing homes have special care units for people with serious memory problems such as Alzheimer's disease Some will let couples live together Nursing homes are not only for the elderly, but for anyone who requires 24-hour care.” Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nursinghomes.html II, WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR LIVING IN NURSING HOMES OF OLD PEOPLE? There are some reasons for living in nursing home of old people In this part, reader will be approached to the thought of students about this problem 30 students served as subjects to answer five questions in the survey questionnaire of this research designed to investigate the thought of student about this problem First of all, a conditional question which was handed in to students showed their opinions about taking their elderly people to nursing home or not 10 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 It is very delightful that many students said that they wanted to care for their elder parents, however, they still chose that nursing home is necessary The percentage of students choosing Yes in this question account for 83%, and just 17% students say No WHY IS NURSING HOME NECESSARY? 22 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 To students choosing Yes, they are handed in more one questions than that choosing NO The level of students choosing the fourth reason is up to 32%, by far the highest number Being chosen by 26% students, the first idea covers the second place The ratio of students giving the third reason reaches 23% The number of students choosing the second idea is half of that of choosing the first idea with 13% Other ideas are ticked by just 6% Actually, most of reasons for being necessary of nursing home are the advantages of nursing home, so this part does not repeat This part just emphasizes the most important reason why nursing home is good for old people in student’s opinion is that the old people not feel lonely when they live in nursing home Besides, also one thing contrast to my thought, not much students think that nursing home is important to save time for old people’s children This depicts that currently, most of students would rather not take their parents to nursing home when they become older 23 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 CONCLUSION SOLUTION TO REDUCE DISADVANTAGES OF NURSING HOME Nursing homes are built in order to make a good place for old people who not have families or children to care for living Paralleling with advantages, nursing home still exists some disadvantaged features Some solutions will be showed in this part to reduce the outstanding disadvantages of nursing home First of all, it is very important to have a suitable cost for old people who live or plan to live in nursing home Secondly, loss of independence of old people is also a demerit of living in nursing home of old people Thirdly, Old people sometime feel lonely because of living far from their close relationships Fourthly, Old people also have to deal with other residents and lost the private life RECOMMMENDATION Expenses: If nursing homes belong to government, government should have a suitable expense for people plan to live in nursing home, should base on people average income If private members own nursing home, government need to control the level of price which is decided by private companies, furthermore a price should be given to owners of nursing homes and announced to community The independence: the loss of independence makes old people get sadder and more sorrow This is reason why their health become weaker and weaker, the age is quick to come to them Nursing home should hold the trip days for old people to go out Example besides some activities inside nursing home, old people also should take to other place such as museums, green park or some places which are good for old people’s health Close relationships: This is a hard problem to solve The responsibilities should be handled by old people’s children, grandchildren or their families Although adults take their old people to nursing home, they still spend time visiting their old people or elder parents The time to visit is up to old people families, however, it is good to visit at least twice times a month The life of old people in nursing may be enough material, but they are lack of mind The thing they need is that they are visited and asked about life by their families They 24 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 would like to talked with their grandparent, play with them and live with them Hence not let old people have to live alone in nursing home, and die in loneliness It is not in the hand of the government or the nursing house managers Dealing with other residents: The owner needs to notice to this problem Some old people not like noises whereas they like quiet There should be appropriate arrangements among old people in nursing home Nursing home had better arrange some nurse to take care old people who would rather live in quiet life than delighted life Nurse had better help kind of old people integrate with general life in nursing home CONCLUSION When everything has been discussed above, a conclusion can be drawn that although students today agree with the necessity of nursing home, they still said that they not want to take their old people or old parents to nursing home They would like to live with parents, or grandparents and take care for them, even students are rich or poor Nursing homes are good, but old people always would love to live near their families, near their children and grandchildren They agree to go to nursing home not mean that they like living in nursing home In Vietnam, the concept of nursing home is not still popular, and in fact this is not good and suitable in the thought of Vietnamese However, if nursing homes in one day are popular, and people accept it, people had better built nursing home with cozy life in there and make old people have a life inside nursing home better tan outside and make them feel nursing home be similar to their home References/Bibliography Unknown, Literature review, retrieved from • http://vnexpress.net/GL/Ban-doc-viet/Doi-song/2006/10/3B9EF997/ 25 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 • • • • • http://vietbao.vn/Trang-ban-doc/Dua-nguoi-gia-vao-vien-duong-lao-la-nhantam/10985773/484 http://www.tin247.com/nen_co_nhieu_muc_gia_cho_trung_tam_duong_lao-1821282407.html http://vietbao.vn/Trang-ban-doc/Can-thay-doi-quan-niem-vien-duonglao/10984740/484/ http://www.tin247.com/vien_duong_lao_chua_phu_hop_dieu_kien_viet_nam18-21298965.html http://www.tin247.com/de_bo_me_o_vien_duong_lao_khong_phai_la_bat_hieu18-21282401.html Unknown, What is a nursing home, retrieved from • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nursinghomes.html 26 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 APPENDIX Survey questionnaire Welcome lady and gentleman, I am student coming from National economic university I am doing a project relating to topic “ Old people and nursing home” This survey is conducted in order to find some figures and data related to this topic I highly appreciate your help answering these questions below Thank you for your collaboration Q In your opinion, what is a nursing home? It is a place where old people who don’t have house or children to take care of them live It is a place where old people who are going to die live It is a place where old people come and relax It is a place where old people are cared for and helped to have a better life Other ideas Q If your family has old people, you want to take them to nursing home? Yes No Q With the supposition that you have to take old people to nursing home What are your personal reasons?( you can choose more than one answer) I am too busy, I have no time to take care old people I don’t have enough support ( ex: money, accommodation….) 27 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 I don’t like living with old people Other ideas Q With the supposition that you have to take old people to a nursing home Besides your personal reason, What are your objective reasons?( you can choose more than one answer) The old people like living in nursing home, so I let them live in there following the general trend There is safer life in nursing home than outside Other ideas: Q In your opinion why old people live in nursing home? They not have house or children, so they want to find a place to live till they die They feel tired and exhausted to their life They are refused being cared for by their children They are compelled to live there by their children Other ideas Q In your opinion how old people feel when they live in nursing home? Happy, cozy, comfortable Lonely, sad ( missing their family) Normal Other ideas 28 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Q What are the advantages of living in nursing home? The facilities in nursing home are better than outside Old people are taken care more carefully than their family Old people don’t feel lonely, because they have more friend to communicate or chat Old people can attend to a lot of activities to forget the old age Other ideas Q What are the disadvantages of living in nursing home? Old people have to live far away from their home Their children don’t often visit them When they die, there are few even none relative beside them Living in nursing home make old people’s children thought of as ungrateful towards their parents Other ideas Q Do you think that nursing home is necessary? No Yes ( if you choose yes, continue to Q10) Q 10 In your opinion why the nursing home is necessary? It is good, comfortable, convenient for old people to live It is save time for old people’s children It help old people avoid dangerous things The old people not feel lonely when they live in there 29 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 Other ideas Q 11 Do you think that taking old people to nursing home be? Good Bad I have no idea Other ideas Thank you and have a good day 30 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 TABLE AND CHART 31 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 32 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 33 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 34 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 35 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel (: 0918.775.368 36 ... Topic: Old people and nursing home Title: The thought of students about : • The concept of nursing home • The reason for living in nursing homes of old people • The lives of old people in nursing homes. .. the nursing home? What are the reasons for living in nursing homes of old people? What is the situation of old people in nursing homes? How students think about taking old people to nursing homes. ?... questionnaires are handed out to 30 students and 30 old people to take compare the thought of student about feeling of old people in nursing home and old people? ??s real feeling when they live in old people? ??s