A possible way out of poor healthcare resulting from demographic problems: need-orientated home-based-nursing-care and nursing-home-care

Abstract

The study reveals the areas and the patient groups with the most significant future needs. Thus, demands and recommendations concerning the prospective design and structure of care and nursing services for home-based nursing and care in nursing-homes can be formulated.

Using a new interrater reliability method to test the modified Oulu Patient Classification instrument in home health care

“…The population of older and fragile people is growing, as is their need for care. Hasseler, Görres, Altmann, and Stolle () maintained that a gap exists between the provision of nursing services and the need for care. In the care environment in a person‐centred approach, a focus should exist on the context where care is delivered and the factors that should be taken into consideration should include, among other things: appropriate skill mix, supportive organizational systems and effective staff relationships (McCormack & McCance, ).…”

Home healthcare teams’ assessments of pain in care recipients living with dementia: a Swedish exploratory study

“…Demographic trends have caused home health care to expand in many countries and have challenged the quality of care (Feldman et al, 2006;Hasseler et al, 2006;Eloranta et al, 2008;Ryan et al, 2009;Ruder, 2010). Multidisciplinary and collaborative teams working in home health care, including Registered nurses (RNs) and certified nursing assistants (CNAs), have attracted attention for factors such as expertise, communication, decision-making, responsibility (Eloranta et al, 2008;Liu, 2013) and practice development (Wall & White, 2012).…”

Assessment of dependency levels of older people in the community and measurement of nursing workload

“…Europe has an ageing population, with 16AE3% over 65 within the 15 countries in the European Union (Glaser et al 2004). The majority of older people are living in the community (National Council on Ageing and Older People 2005), and it is predicted that the changing demographic profile will result in increasing demand for home-based care for older people (Hasseler et al 2006).…”