scholarly journals Preventive home visits for older people

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 424-a-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Stuck
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Preventive Home Visits

scholarly journals Health team for the elderly: a feasibility study for preventive home visits

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berit Seiger Cronfalk ◽  
Astrid Fjell ◽  
Nina Carstens ◽  
Lars Malvin Kvinge Rosseland ◽  
Arvid Rongve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Multiprofessional Team ◽  
Rural Municipality ◽  
Preventive Home Visits ◽  
Health Team

The aim was to describe the development, utilization and feasibility of a model of preventive home visits, in an urban and a rural municipality in Norway. Background Older people >65 years will rise significantly in coming years. Increased age is associated with risk of disability, illness and need for public health services. Preventive home visits is assumed to help older people to maintain their functional level longer, delaying disease and thus delaying the need for health care. Method Descriptive explorative design describing the development, utilization and feasibility of preventive home visits in two different settings. All 77-year-old persons living at home in an urban municipality and all 75 years and older in a rural municipality were invited to participate. A questionnaire including a substantial number of tests concerning; fall, nutrition, polypharmacy and cognitive impairment was used by Health Team Nurses as base for a risk assessment. Pilot studies were conducted to validate the questionnaire including an inter-rater reliability study of the risk assessment tool. A multiprofessional team, Health Team for the Elderly met each week to evaluate risk assessments and make recommendations to be sent to each respective general practitioner. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. In total, 167 persons (109 from the urban municipality and 58 from the rural municipality) participated, corresponding to 60% of the approached individuals. The mean time for the visits was 108 minutes (SD 20). Missing data were identified for; Do you feel safe in your municipality (17.5%) and Are you looking forward to ageing (11.4%). In total, 36 persons (21.7%) were identified with increased risk for developing illness. We suggest that a structured model of preventive home visits and collaboration between highly specialized health care professionals are important factors for reliable health promoting risk assessments of elderly home dwellers.

scholarly journals Feasibility and effects of preventive home visits for at-risk older people: Design of a randomized controlled trial

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm P Cutchin ◽  
Susan Coppola ◽  
Vibeke Talley ◽  
Judie Svihula ◽  
Diane Catellier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Older People ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Preventive Home Visits ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Collaborative relationship in preventive home visits to older people

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukari Yamada ◽  
Mikkel Vass ◽  
Lotte Hvas ◽  
Ayumi Igarashi ◽  
Carsten Hendriksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Collaborative Relationship ◽  
Preventive Home Visits

Preventive home visits to older people in Denmark

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Vass ◽  
Kirsten Avlund ◽  
Carsten Hendriksen ◽  
Lotte Philipson ◽  
Povl Riis
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Preventive Home Visits

scholarly journals Effectiveness of home based support for older people: systematic review and meta-analysis Commentary: When, where, and why do preventive home visits

BMJ ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 323 (7315) ◽  
pp. 719-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Elkan ◽  
D. Kendrick ◽  
M. Dewey ◽  
M. Hewitt ◽  
J. Robinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older People ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Preventive Home Visits ◽  
Home Based
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