Aims and objectives To identify descriptions of older (75+) home care clients practical nurses regarding the current structure available for elements promoting ability to continue living at home. Background The ageing population is a major global challenge in social health care. In many countries, focus has shifted from institutional towards model Increasing attention been paid maximising resources aiming support their as long possible. Design A descriptive qualitative study Methods Data...

Background Home‐care services require access to high quality information. Apart from the provision of right‐time organised planning care and document information about clients’ needs, in home care, is intended facilitate continuity individual nursing through documentation assessment client. Aims The aim was describe contents older (+75 years) home‐care electronic service plans evaluate how resources have been taken into account. Design methods data were collected (n = 437) during July 2010....

Healthcare provides a rich, and constantly increasing, number of written documents, which are underutilized in research data for health nursing sciences, but previous literature has only provided limited guidance on the process document analysis. The aim this paper is to provide methodological framework analyzing care documents as data, based systematic review team's experience method. Based results, methods consist seven phases: (i) identify purpose, (ii) determine selection strategy, (iii)...

New nurses are needed in healthcare. To meet the role expectations of a registered nurse, nursing students must feel empowered at graduation. However, there only few studies focusing on students’ empowerment. This study aims to describe and analyze graduating level empowerment six European countries potential related factors. A comparative cross-sectional was performed Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain with (n = 1746) using Essential Elements Nurse Empowerment scale....

Abstract In this qualitative focus group study, the resources available to older home‐dwelling people, particularly incoming and existing home care clients, are described from viewpoint of professionals ( n = 32). The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. There three categories people requiring interviewers: clients. Based on analysis, categorized in terms support, meaningful life, everyday activities, environment. Incoming client out‐of‐home in‐home Existing Home diverse...

Abstract Background Medication management has a key role in the daily tasks of home care professionals delivered to older clients care. The aim this study was examine effect using robot for medication on professionals´ use working time. Methods A pragmatic non-randomized controlled clinical trial conducted. participants were who carried out clients’ management. Home allocated into intervention groups (IG) and control (CG) (n = 64 46, respectively) based whether or not they received robot....

Home-care professionals need competences to ensure that they evaluate their older peoples' health conditions, especially in acute care situations. This study aims investigate the effectiveness of combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education on home-care professionals' competence regarding evaluating people's needs for care. A quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test was conducted with who were working Finland. (N = 254) had participated 2017-2019. Data collected using a...

Abstract Aim To describe home care professionals' individual experiences of the implementation, use and competence needs a robot for medication management in older people's care. Design A qualitative focus group interview study. Methods Data were collected during spring autumn 2021 by semi‐structured interviews analysed using inductive content analysis. The participants 62 professionals working Results successful implementation consisted timely adequate introduction before robot, fluent...

Memory disorders have become a major public, social, and health concern among the aging population, many of those who are affected cared for at home by their spouse. The aim this qualitative study was to describe individual experiences 10 older caregivers were looking after spouse with memory disorder in 2016. Data collected from volunteers recruited clinic Finnish center using thematic interview method processed inductive content analysis. participants six female four male had been married...

The global population is ageing and many older people want to continue live in their own homes, supported by home-care services. basis for comprehensive care real-time service plans, but more knowledge needed about these plans ensure that benefit from individual home care. Our aim was describe the contents of clients' using Finnish Care Classification (FinCC), version 3.0, which includes classification nursing diagnoses (FiCND) interventions (FiCNI). data were collected during spring 2018 71...

The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the factors that motivate older people volunteer and how volunteering influences their social inclusion communality. Data were collected using focus group interviews in 2020-2021 from aged 65-81 years (n = 38) who had experience community. data analyzed inductive content analysis. Based on results, experiences described by participate consisted encouraging depended activation, support, motivation operators. support provided health care...

The aim of this study was to describe the experiences nursing students in fall prevention during clinical practice context older home care clients. This a qualitative focus group ( n = 9) who had completed clients’ care. data were analysed using inductive content analysis. described their regarding falls and from two perspectives: evaluation at people’s homes visits. Systematic based on physical examination is basis prevention. However, nutrition adverse drug effects seemed be ignored. In...

Abstract Background Home‐living older people with multiple medications are a key target group for medication robots. However, our understanding of how robots medicines management work in people's daily lives is limited. Aim The aim this study was to describe home care clients' experiences the implementation and use robot at home. Design A qualitative interview study. Methods Data were collected during spring autumn 2021 using semi‐structured individual interviews clients ( n = 38). data...

Abstract Background and Rationale Comprehensive care service planning in home is tailored to older people's individual needs resources order support them living at home. However, little known about how these home‐care‐specific tasks are recognised plans. Aims To describe the content of plans with special attention their tasks. Design This was a document‐based cross‐sectional study mixed‐methods analysis, carried out Eastern Finland during Spring 2018. Methods A document analysis using...

Abstract Aim This study aimed to describe family caregivers of older people's experiences participatory art interventions, including music, dance and visual arts. Design A descriptive qualitative study. Methods Thematic interviews were conducted with 12 caregivers. Qualitative data analysed thematic analysis. Results The results illustrated the meaning groups, which included a shared feeling togetherness, empowering activating peer support sense communality. Art groups also represented...

Aim: To describe graduating nursing students' competence based on their knowledge in the of a patient with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and self-assessed nurse competence. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Methods: The data were collected from 2018–2019 using an ACS test developed for this study Nurse Competence Scale. sample contained 47 students. statistical analysis methods used. Results: Only 48.9% (n = 23) students scored accepted level ACS, little over half (51.1%; n 24) failed test....