Home visits for older people: a practical model outside Yorkshire

A Self-report Home Environment Screening Tool for Determining Fall Risk in Iranian Older People

Objectives Older people are at risk of falling and its complications more than other age groups. Evaluation of environmental hazards requires time and money. So it seems necessary to design a self-report questionnaire for initial screening. This study aims to develop a self-report tool for falling risk assessment in Iranian older people. Methods & Materials After approval of the Ethics Committ...

Together toward trust : understanding interactions between caregivers and receivers during home visits for older people

Virtual Visits in Home Health Care for Older Adults

BACKGROUND This review identifies the content of virtual visits in community nursing services to older adults and explores the manner in which service users and the nurses use virtual visits. DESIGN An integrative literature review. METHOD Data collection comprised a literature search in three databases: Cinahl, Medline, and PubMed. In addition, a manual search of reference lists and expert...

Admission to a Nursing Home: Viewpoints of Institutionalized Older People about Replacement

Introduction: This study carried out to investigate the causes and motivations of older people residing in nursing home. Methods: A qualitative description study was designed by choosing a sample of the elderly residing in a nursing home in Tabriz, Iran. Based on purposive sampling, fifteen residents in the age range of 65-85 participated in the study. Data was collected through unstructur...

Home sweet home? Community care for older people in Australia.

Community care provision for older Australians is growing in places and options, based on older people's preference to stay in their own homes, coupled with its cost efficiency compared to long-term residential care. Australia's aging population, cultural diversity, and dispersed population in rural and remote areas presents significant challenges in meeting these care needs. The objective of t...