Kan Klokkeklovnene hjelpe mennesker med demens?
Mennesker med demens som bor på sykehjem, kan ha mangelfull livskvalitet fordi de kjeder seg, er ensomme og understimulerte. Studien tyder på at besøk av klovner kan bidra til å styrke livskvaliteten.
Mennesker med demens som bor på sykehjem, kan ha mangelfull livskvalitet fordi de kjeder seg, er ensomme og understimulerte. Studien tyder på at besøk av klovner kan bidra til å styrke livskvaliteten.
Many medical records lacked information about nutritional risk, and few patients at nutritional risk were followed up.
Women who have experienced sexual coercion have normally been subjected to other forms of violence, such as acts of dominance and isolation, or emotional, verbal or physical abuse.
Makten og avmakten som ligger i rollene der legen er ekspert og pasienten hjelpetrengende, påvirker kommunikasjonen og samhandlingen under legevisitten.
Normalisation Process Theory can be used to assess the prerequisites for ensuring that a new intervention becomes established practice.
Interventions such as reminders, direct observations and hand hygiene facilitation lead to fewer outbreaks.
Patients move quickly between different units during the surgical pathway. Older patients in particular are at risk of suffering related to care such as violations of dignity, neglect and poor pain management.
While the illness is potentially life-threatening, it is invisible and not well known. Consequently, patients may be mistrusted and ignored, and they may feel inferior, vulnerable and insecure.
Nurses report that the end-of-life nursing care provided in nursing homes calls on staff to provide “more of everything”, and that nurses feel they are “left to deal with everything on their own”. This situation must be taken seriously, organisationally and policywise.
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.