Augmented Reality-Based Remote Family Visits in Nursing Homes

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many nursing homes had to restrict visitations. This had a major negative impact on the wellbeing of residents and their family members. In response, residents and family members increasingly resorted to mediated communication to maintain social contact. To facilitate high-quality mediated social contact between...

Barriers and facilitators of oral health care experienced by nursing home staff

Objectives to explore attitudes, perceptions, and perceived barriers to and the perceived facilitators of daily oral health care and the actual daily oral health care performances among nursing home staff. Methods A mixed methods study in 21 nursing homes was completed; a) questionnaires for nursing staff and managers; b) focus group interviews...

Towards XR communication for visiting elderly at nursing homes

Due to the current pandemic, the elderly in care homes are greatly affected by the lack of contact with their families, resulting in various mental conditions (e.g., depression, feelings of loneliness) and deterioration of mental health for dementia patients. In response, residents and family members increasingly resorted to mediated...

Book of abstracts International Workshop on teamworking (IWOT) 22nd edition Leiden September 6-7: teamwork and technology at work

Today’s work faces both disruptive and incremental innovations regards new technology - such as dig-itisation, robotics, nanotechnology, Internet-of-Things, Big Data, and Blockchain, just to mention a few -, and new organisational forms like platforms, networks, project based organisations, and web-based/virtual organisations. These developments...

Bewältigung technologischer und personeller Herausforderungen in der niederländischen Logistikbranche: Die Bedeutung von Workplace Innovation

Die niederländische Logistikbranche hat auf internationaler Ebene eine Vorreiterrolle inne. Sie gilt als extrem produktiv (Van de Ven 2013) und innovativ (World Logistics Performance Index 2018. Dennoch steht der traditionelle, „ergrauende“ Sektor vor einigen großen Heraus-forderungen. Die niederländische Regierung und die Logistikbranche...

Mondzorg in verpleeg- en verzorgingshuizen en instellingen voor verstandelijk gehandicapten [Oral health care in nursing and old people's homes and institutions for the mentally handicapped]

Staff members and residents of nursing homes and old people's homes were interviewed about the facilities and provision of oral health care. Clinical examinations were performed to obtain data about the oral health status of the institutionalised elderly. Results show that in most cases the oral health care facilities were insufficient to give...

CBO Richtlijn Preventie van valincidenten bij ouderen: Wat kunnen verpleeghuizen hiermee? [How can nursing homes make use of the guideline: Prevention of fall incidents in the elderly by the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement (CBO)?]

Fall incidents occur frequently in the community dwelling elderly and even more in the institutionalised elderly. Fall-related research data indicate positive effects of a multifactorial intervention targeted on prevention of falls and fall-related injuries. In November 2004 the guideline "Prevention of fall incidents in the elderly" developed...

Compliance with external hip protectors in nursing homes in Norway

Objectives: To investigate compliance with hip protector use. Design: Observational prospective study. Setting: 19 nursing homes (1040 beds). Subjects: All residents during an 18 month period were included in this study. Intervention: Hip protectors were introduced as a regular part of health care service for all residents. Residents at high...

Risk of hip fracture in protected and unprotected falls in nursing homes in Norway

Objectives: To compare the probability of hip fracture in protected and unprotected falls in a real world setting in nursing homes. Design: Observational study. Setting: Seventeen nursing homes (965 beds) in Norway. Subjects: All residents in the nursing homes with at least one fall during the intervention period. Intervention: Hip protectors...

Daily physical activity and the use of a walking aid in relation to falls in elderly people in a residential care setting

Physical activity is usually considered as an important com0ponent of a healthy lifestyle, including a preventive effect on the risk of falls in the elderly. The relationship between physical activity and falls is complex: physical activity is a prerequisite to maintain neuromuscular functioning, necessary to keep balance and to react to a fall,...

Prevention of hip fracture by external hip protectors: An intervention in 17 nursing homes in two municipalities in Norway

Aims: This study was undertaken to estimate the effect of hip protectors on the incidence of hip fracture when introduced into nursing homes as a regular part of the healthcare for all residents. Methods: A pre-test/test design was used. The pre-intervention period lasted 18 months from May 1996. The intervention period lasted 18 months from May...