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Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
[Preventive home visits : Cross-sectional study to support an independent lifestyle for elderly people]
Eva Schulc1, Martin Pallauf2, Christa Them3
1Institut für Gerontologie und demographische Entwicklung, UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Eduard Wallnöfer Zentrum 1, 6060, Hall in Tirol, Österreich. eva.schulc@umit.at.
Background:
In the interest of preventing or postponing dependency on care and assistance for as long as possible, preventive home visits to people aged over 70 years living at home were conducted by registered nurses.
Aim:
Assessment of the functional health of people over 70 years of age and counseling or information carried out based on the identified problem areas and resources.
Material And Methods:
A multidimensional nursing assessment through self-evaluation was applied for 345 people aged over 70 years.
Results:
The sample of people investigated showed a high level of competence in self-care; however, a large number of functional health impairments could be identified that are reflected in the high requirement for counseling and information.
Discussion:
It became evident that recruiting of study participants was difficult and that care by family members was an important resource for people aged over 70 years. From this it was recommended that in the future sustainable advertising efforts should be conducted and special attention needs to be given to counseling and information for family members in preventive home visits.
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