title: [Terminal care for one-person household].
abstract: In addition to visitor medical-examination service, Mutsumi-cho clinic (Minami-ku, Yokohama-city) started a home care service in October 2008. The number of one-person elderly house-hold is 8,483 (about 10%) out of 84,399 house-hold in Minami-ku where 200,000 people reside. We report here our experience in the terminal care of one-person elderly person who lives at home. The regional cooperation is indispensable for seeing-off of the end stage elderly patient at home. We (the physician, visiting nurse, care manager and helper were united and performed) spent a total of 10 days for a terminal care of the end stage elder patient.
authors.affiliation: Asunaro 119 Inc.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Asahina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019058:Community Networks; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013727:Terminal Care