[Support for patients with a respirator at home].
Five patients with a respirator were managed at home by staff from our visiting nurse station. One patient has been at home for 4 years after discharge. She is 60 years old. Her disease was striatonigral degeneration. Five years ago she could not breathe because of her disease and breathing with a respirator was started. However, she and her family wanted her to be at home. We respected their wish, and helped her stay at home. She has maintained a good condition with nursing at home, and her QOL is high.
Furumoto
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N
Kouseiren Hiroshima Visiting Nurse Station.
Yano
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H
Mimura
M
M
D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D020955:Striatonigral Degeneration / Q000628:therapy*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical