Nordic homecare nursing from the perspective of homecare nurses—a meta-ethnography

4. Discovering Homecare Services

Future homecare networks will consist of a very wide range of embedded services and software that will often rely on numerous other components to achieve their tasks. They will rarely operate in a self sufficient manner. The ability to discover and use services is not however a trivial task. Services may provide raw data, such as temperature readings, or higher contextual data, such as user act...

Homecare user needs from the perspective of the patient and carers: a review

Musculoskeletal disorders in nurses: hospital versus homecare

It's intended to make a comparison between hospital nurses and homecare nurses, regarding the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). A study with homecare nurses carried out by the authors constitutes the basis for the comparison. In it was developed a questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal complaints (MSCs). Was also applied the REBA technique (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) to ev...

Pervasive Homecare Monitoring Technologies and Applications

Patients with Dementia in Homecare Environments

The aging population and the consequent increase in the incidence of dementias is causing many challenges to health systems, mainly related to infrastructure, low services quality and high costs. One solution is to provide the care at house of the patient, through of home care services. However, it is not a trivial task, since a patient with dementia requires constant care and monitoring from a...