Health Maintenance Embedded Systems in Home Care Applications

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilem Srovnal ◽  
Marek Penhaker
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Health Maintenance

scholarly journals Foot care knowledge and practices among Japanese nurses and care workers in home care and adult service center: a cross- sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashiko Fujii ◽  
Takuyuki Komoda ◽  
Atsuko Maekawa ◽  
Mariko Nishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Working At Home ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background: Foot care knowledge and practices among nurses and care workers in the community greatly impact foot health maintenance and prevention of foot-related problems among older people. This study aimed to explore and examine the current foot care knowledge, practices, and perceptions among nurses and care workers at home care and adult day service center, along with their demographic characteristics and daily care for clients.Methods: This study analyzed 232 randomly selected front-line nurses and care workers working at home care or adult day service center in one of the selected cities, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Data were obtained using questionnaires and subsequently analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, Chi-square tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, and Spearman’s rank correlation tests.Results: Among the 305 surveyed, 232 (62 nurses; 170 care workers) provided data. Although 57 nurses (91.9%) and 142 care workers (83.5%) showed interest in foot care, 33 nurses (53.2%) and 133 care workers (78.2%) stated that foot care education was insufficient. Knowledge and practice scores were associated with working status.Higher accuracy differences in the early detection of foot problems and skin tears on lower limbs in knowledge category were observed between nurses and care workers. The nurses as well as the care workers had low accuracy rates of knowledge questions regarding the use of shoes and socks subscale.For practice, both nurses and care workers had low mean scores for checking client’s shoes (2.0/5.0 and 2.1/5.0, respectively), method for reducing ingrown nail pain (2.6/5.0 and 1.9/5.0, respectively), and opportunity for discussing foot care with others (2.7/5.0 and 2.2/5.0, respectively). A significant correlation between knowledge and practice scores was observed among nurses (0.331, p < 0.05) and care workers (0.339, p < 0.001).Conclusions: Despite the presence of several barriers toward enhanced care delivery to clients needing it most, nurses and care workers clearly understood the importance of foot care. These findings indicate that foot care should be focused by nurses and care workers to improve the knowledge and practice of foot care and to suggest future implications that efficient and understandable tools are needed considering their current working situation.

scholarly journals Foot Care Knowledge and Practices Among Japanese Nurses and Care Workers in Home Care and Adult Service Center: A Cross Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashiko Fujii ◽  
Takuyuki Komoda ◽  
Atsuko Maekawa ◽  
Mariko Nishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Working At Home ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background Foot care knowledge and practices among nurses and care workers in the community greatly impact foot health maintenance and prevention of foot-related problems among older people. This study aimed to explore and examine the current foot care knowledge, practices, and perceptions among nurses and care workers at home care and adult day service center, along with their demographic characteristics and daily care for clients.Methods This study analyzed 232 randomly selected front-line nurses and care workers working at home care or adult day service center in N City, A Prefecture, Japan. Data were obtained using questionnaires and subsequently analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, Chi-square tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, and Spearman’s rank correlation tests.Results Among the 305 surveyed, 232 (63 nurses; 170 care workers) provided data. Although 57 nurses (91.9%) and 142 care workers (83.5%) showed interest in foot care, 33 nurses (53.2%) and 133 care workers (78.2%) stated that foot care education was insufficient. Knowledge and practice scores were associated with working status.

scholarly journals The Impact of Nurse Delegation Regulations on the Provision of Home Care Services: A Four-State Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 107755872096090
Author(s):  
Nancy Dudley ◽  
Jacqueline Miller ◽  
Mary Lou Breslin ◽  
Susan A. Chapman ◽  
Joanne Spetz
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Evidence Based Guidelines ◽  
Home Care Workers ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study was to explore how home care workers and the agencies that employ them interact with their state’s nurse practice act in the provision of care. Using a qualitative case study approach, we selected four states with varying levels of restrictiveness in their nurse delegation regulations. We conducted interviews ( N = 45) with state leaders, agency leaders, and home care workers to learn how these policies affect the home care workforce’s ability to perform care tasks for their clients in order to allow clients to remain in their own homes. We found that increased training and input from registered nurses is needed to identify appropriate health maintenance tasks to delegate to home care workers and support development of training strategies. The federal government could support the development of evidence-based guidelines for training and competency testing as well as for appropriate delegation of health maintenance tasks.

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