Development of support program for family caregivers in Japanese long-term care facilities using Caregiving Burden Scale for Family Caregivers with Relatives in Nursing Homes.

在日本全国范围内对2,000家养老院进行了问卷调查，以获得制定长期护理机构家庭支持计划的基础信息。调查结果包括员工对家属要求/索偿的经历、要求/索偿的内容，以及员工与家属建立合作伙伴关系的现行做法。此外，作者还联系了国内外许多对长期护理设施感兴趣的研究人员和从业人员。参考这些结果，我们发展出一份评估表的原型，并将其应用于护理院家属照顾者照顾负担量表的临床应用。

A nationwide Questionnaire survey was conducted for 2,000 nursing homes to obtain basis information for developing family support program in long-term care facility in Japan. Results included staff's experience of requests/claims from family members, the contents of them, and current approach to building collaborative partnership between staff and family members. Additionally, the author contacted a lot of researchers and practitioners interested in long-term care facility both domestically and internationally. A prototype of assessment sheet was developed referring these results for using Caregiving Burden Scale for Family Caregivers with Relatives in Nursing Homes in clinical settings.