Health care personnel’s experiences with suicide risk in older adults living at home
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
In order to meet the challenges associated with undernutrition in elderly patients who receive home-based nursing care, it is necessary to screen for nutritional status.
Ensuring a good patient trajectory is difficult. In order to be successful, it is essential that all healthcare professionals involved have a close, trust-based cooperation, also with patients and their families.
The out-of-hours doctor did not receive formal patient information in at least half of the doctor’s visits to nursing homes in Oslo. This may subject the patients to inappropriate treatment and unnecessary hospitalisation.
Family caregivers will need correct and relevant information and support from health care professionals to perform the significant caring role they have to take on.
The postnatal period is a vulnerable time that involves reorientation and new experiences. Early visits by a midwife may therefore help enhance the women’s perception of coping.
30–60 prosent av eldre på sykehus og sykehjem er underernærte. Et egnet screeningverktøy skal oppdage de personene som er i risiko for underernæring.
Sykepleierne hadde høyere kompetanse enn helsefagarbeiderne og assistentene. Men alle tre gruppene hadde for lav respons på øyeblikkelig hjelp-situasjoner.
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
The registered nurses demonstrated a higher level of competence than the nursing associates and healthcare assistants. However, scores were too low in all three groups in response to emergency scenarios.