New clin­i­cal prac­tice guide­line strength­ens old­er adults’ func­tion­al abil­i­ty and oppor­tu­ni­ties to influ­ence their dai­ly lives in home care

The Finnish Nurs­ing Research Foun­da­tion (Hotus) has pub­lished a new nation­al clin­i­cal prac­tice guide­line empha­siz­ing reha­bil­i­ta­tive home care, which can strength­en old­er adults’ func­tion­al abil­i­ty, par­tic­i­pa­tion, and capac­i­ty to live inde­pen­dent­ly at home.

The guide­line high­lights the impor­tance of sup­port­ing old­er adults as active par­tic­i­pants in their own care and dai­ly lives.

Accord­ing to Sinikka Lotvo­nen from the GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, who served as Chair of the Guide­line Devel­op­ment Group, pro­mot­ing the active role of old­er adults improves the qual­i­ty of home care while also offer­ing the poten­tial to reduce costs with­in health and social care ser­vices.

The guide­line pro­vides evi­dence-based rec­om­men­da­tions for home care pro­fes­sion­als and orga­ni­za­tions to sup­port old­er adults’ auton­o­my, func­tion­al abil­i­ty, and mean­ing­ful engage­ment in every­day activ­i­ties while liv­ing at home.

Read more infor­ma­tion in Finnish.

Con­tact per­son

Sinikka Lotvo­nen, Post­doc­tor­al researcher, GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

sinikka.lotvonen@oulu.fi

Source (text and image): GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre