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连氏基金长期护理研究报告(3)–仅4巴仙业者受规范 报告吁正规化居家看护业

连氏基金会针对长期护理前景的报告也提到,私人看护业发展蓬勃,当前至少有60私人业者提供看护服务,而其中55家皆是居家看护。然而,只有两家获得政府补助金,并需遵守卫生部条规。

“医生、护士和物理治疗师都受规范,但是往往专业失当的惩处只针对个人例如犯错雇员,背后的业者却不受对付。业者可以更换掉倒霉的员工,之后依然我行我素。”

对此,研究学者Shirlena Huang要求,在有更多私人业者涉足居家看护的情况下,社区导向的乐龄看护应受规范,特别是年长者属弱势群体,需保障他们的权益。

“有效的执法框架应包括三点:立法、监督看护素质以及设立投诉管道。”Shirlena Huang提出,除了现有立法机构,也让独立监督团体负责监督护理的品质,以及处理相关的投诉。此外,对看护业者设立表现评级,让国人知情和作出明智选择,也促使业者竞争提升优质服务。

2015年,透过咨询相关领域,卫生部推出服务指南作为居家看护业者的参考,这些指南涵盖四领域:1)整体看护服务的提供2)安全与品质3)护理业尊严、知情和有利的看护4)卓越组织性和可持续的看护

不过,这些指南非务必遵守,没有获得津贴的居家服务业者可能依循自己的标准,例如对于看护人员的审核就很容易出问题。

作为新加坡成长迅速的居家看护业者,Homage首席执行员暨创办人Gillian Tee认同不论慈善团体或私人业者,都应受到规范,以期年长者和残障群体都能享有更好的居家看护服务。

冀提升看护人员待遇

另一方面,在连氏基金会上月的另一份研究,则提到相比韩国、日本、香港和澳洲,我国乐龄看护人员酬劳最低。比起医院,长期看护领域雇员在职期更低。

此外,有55巴仙的外籍长期护理人员,在现有公司工作少过两年。报告认为长期护理领域要永续经营,就必须改善培训和就业升迁,善用科技和重新设计工作范围,以期提升生产力。

家庭成员照料家中年长者,有时也需要暂时从充满压力和长期的看护职责放个假,或者自身面对紧急状况,需要找人代为照料长者。为此,临时护理也有着显著市场,大约10多家慈善团体都能提供服务,前提是必须在5各工作日前申请。

临时护理的收费约为每日53元,对于普通家庭仍有点高昂。即便如此,临时护理只照看至晚上8时,也极少在周日或为病床上的长者提供服务。
对于需要过夜的临时护理或者需要更多疗养需求,服务仍十分有限,通常只有私家疗养院能提供。这也必须提前612个星期申请,还要一个月的时间处理审核申请。

大型慈善团体亚洲妇女福利协会(AWWA)提供社区性质看护服务,该协会保健与乐龄看护总监Keith Lee提出,居家式和中心式的看护,已经成了我国长期护理的主流。这显示社区导向的保健和社会计划的重要,对于照顾居家的年长者十分有效。

连氏基金会在报告中对长期护理提出的建议:

      1. 增加对社区关怀的拨款,减少受看护者和看护服务提供者的成本负担
      2. 针对看护财务和社会七月,展开知情的集体多方对话
      3. 需重新审视长期护理保险的受保条件
      4. 调整护理服务预计成本和实际开销的差距
      5. 减轻非营利组织募款的负担
      6. 加强规范看护服务提供者
      7. 拓展临时护理服务
      8. 鼓励组成战略合作伙伴
      9. 提升乐龄看护职涯的发展前景
      10. 提高护理素质和专业能力
      11. 赋权于被看护者和服务提供者

 

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