Deficient documentation of falls may stop the implementation of necessary preventive interventions. The nursing homes in the study are nevertheless failing to comply with their own documentation requirements.
Video communication technology used in the context of reablement / telerehabilitation can facilitate access to nursing staff in a municipality, and enable users to stay at home longer.
Foretrekker eldre å bruke pc, mobil eller nettbrett? Vi lot 30 eldre teste teknologi som kan gjøre livet lettere og tryggere for dem.
Sykepleiere kan lettere oppdage endringer i helsen til hjemmeboende pasienter når de bruker SAFE-verktøyet med jevne mellomrom.
30–60 per cent of older adults in hospitals and nursing homes are malnourished. A well-suited screening tool is to detect the persons who are at risk of malnutrition.
Uvettig bruk av antibiotika truer hele den moderne medisinen. Sykepleiere kan gjøre en forskjell.
The recently developed app APPETITT can inspire to a varied diet and increase the attention to dietary habits for home-dwelling elderly.
Nursing home residents are dissatisfied with a sedentary life indoors and reach out more to others socially when they are outdoors. Nevertheless, they have little contact with nature and the outdoor environment.
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.
Studien indikerer at sykepleiere som jobber på infeksjonsposter har mer kunnskap og er tryggere i pleien av pasienter med multiresistente bakterier.
