Nutritional interventions among old people receiving support at home

Looking after Old People at Home

Prevalence of Risk Factors for Falls Among the Elderly Receiving Care at Home

Objectives Elderly people are at the highest risk for falling. In order to design and implement effective interventions and reduce the incidence of falling and its resulting injuries, the relative importance of each risk factor should be determined. This study aimed to determine how frequently different factors contribute to falls among the elderly served by one home health agency in Tehran.  ...

Preventive home visits and health – experiences among very old people

BACKGROUND As more people reach older age, there is a growing interest in improving old person's health, activity, independence and social participation, thereby adding quality to the extended years. Preventive home visits (PHV) programs for old people have received much attention in recent decades. A large body of research shows mixed effects, and argues that a home visit is a complex social p...

Pharmacy Support of a Pediatric Patient Receiving Milrinone at Home.

Heart failure in children is a progressive clinical syndrome characterized by symptoms that may include respiratory distress, poor growth, edema, fatigue, feeding difficulties, and exercise intolerance.1,2 The predominant causes of pediatric heart failure in developed countries are cardiomyopathy (including the dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive cardio myopathies) and congenital heart disea...

Nutritional support at home and in the community.

Technical developments in feeding, together with the growth of support structures in the community has lead to a steady increase in the number of children receiving home enteral tube feeding and home parenteral nutrition. In many cases the adverse nutritional consequences of disease can be ameliorated or prevented, and long term parenteral nutrition represents a life saving intervention. Carefu...