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Home Care Services for the Elderly |
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NSHC's Home Care Services
for the Elderly had started with work on 9 October 2006 as a
continuation of activities started in January 2002, when
home care services were initiated for the first time in
NSHC, with support from German organizations Renovabis and
Malteser. Home care services were
implemented within a Pilot Project in Novi Sad, which was one
of the components of the Programme ''Support to Eldelry
Protection Policy Reform (second phase)''. The Programme was implemented by Italian NGOs
Progetto
Sviluppo CGIL, ARCI Cultura e Sviluppo, in cooperation with
the Ministry of Work
and
Social
Policy
of
the
Republic
of
Serbia,
cities,
social
and
health
institutions,
NGOs
and
elderly
associations
in
Kragujevac
and
Novi
Sad.
The
Programme
was
co-financed
by
the
Foreign
Ministry
of
Italy,
and it officially ended
on
8
March
2009.
Our efforts to obtain financial support for Home
Care Service continue in the following period. We
hope that the City of Novi sad is going to recognize
the importance of this and similar projects, and
that it is going to support activities for the
elderly. In the meantime, associates and volunteers
of NSHC are going to stay in contact with its
beneficiaries and continue to provide assistance and
support within NSHC's limits.
Main Results of the Home
Care Service
Social
worker and a senior nurse have paid home visits to all
359 elderly persons who had applied for our services. Most of these beneficiaries were
recommended to our staff by their relatives and neighbors.
Out of the
mentioned number, services were approved for 217
elderly person based on established selection criteria. There were
20,425 home visits.
33.7% of our beneficiaries received home care services
only, 54.6% received help at home services, 8.5%
received both kinds of services, and 3.1% received doctor's services only.
There were
356 doctor's visits and services for the
beneficiaires. Services
provided were medical check-ups, supervision and advice.
Information
leaflets for beneficiaries were printed in 10,000 copies.
Half of that amount was distributed during the first year
through institutions and directly.
Within this project, and in
cooperation with other providers of social and health
services in Novi Sad, NSHC prepared a publication ''Social
and Health Services for the Elderly - Research in Novi
Sad''. This publication, first of its kind, was made in
order to serve as a basis for
preparation of a comprehensive guide through various srevices
for the elderly in Novi Sad. |
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Training
and Educations held for staff of organizations and
institutions providing services to the elderly in Novi Sad:
Seminar
''Home
Care Servicees for the Elderly''
held on
9
-
12
October 2006
in NSHC,
organized
by
Progetto
Sviluppo
Seminar
''Multidimensional
Evaluation
of
Services
for the Elderly''
held on 2
November 2006
in NSHC, organized
by
Progetto
Sviluppo
 Rehabilitation
Approach in Home Care,
held in
January
2007,
organized by
Medical
Rehabilitation
Clinic
of
the
Clinical
centre
in
Novi
Sad
Enterprise
Management
Course,
held
on 16
- 18, 23
- 25
January 2007,
organized by Alma Mons
Lectures
on
Social
Enterprises,
held
on 27 February
and
1
March 2007
in NSHC,
organized
by
ARCI
and
Progetto Sviluppo
Seminar
for Home Care Service Staff,
held on
29
February and 1 March 2008 in the School for Elementary and
Secondarz Level Education 'Milan Petrovic', organized by
Progetto Sviluppo
and the City Board for the Elderly. |
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Description of Home Care and Helap at
Home Services |
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Home care
services provided by nurses: |
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Maintaining personal hygiene |
Washing / helping a person to wash, bed bathing, hair
washing, daily washing, nail clipping |
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Changing diapers of incontinent persons, washing and
maintaining hygiene |
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Feeding a person who is not capable to feed him/herself /
helping a person to eat |
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Dressing up / helping a person to dress |
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2. |
Bed
hygiene and comfort
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Maintaining bed hygiene (changing sheets, bed disinfection) |
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Moving a person in bed |
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3. |
Maintaining and improving mobility
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Assisting in a person’s mobility: handling a person safely
while helping him/her to move (stand up, walk, sit
down, lay down) |
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Handling mobility aids |
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4.
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Home care health services |
Positioning a person in a bed |
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Pressure sores prevention: moving a person in bed, giving
massages, applying protective creams |
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Wound care |
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Checking and maintaining hygiene of a catheter, a stoma, a
breathing tube |
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Control of prescribed medicine taking |
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Monitoring and control of vital signs: blood pressure,
pulse, breathing, body temperature, etc. |
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5. |
Counseling and preventive work with a beneficiary
and his/her family
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Providing advice on adapting the home (regarding safety and
maintaining mobility) |
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Promoting healthy eating and drinking |
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Promoting continence |
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Providing advice on how to prevent infections |
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Equipment and material provided by nurses
(purchased within the project): blood pressure
measuring device, glucometer, gluco-strips,
overcoat, soap, disinfection solutions, gloves,
protective cream, gauze, bandages, talc
Equipment and material NOT provided by nurses
(provided by a beneficiary): catheters, urine bags,
protective rubber sheets, bed pans, washing powder
(for clothes washing), towels, bed sheets, adult
diapers, thermometer, shampoo, nail scissors,
mobility aids, stoma bags |
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B |
Help at home services provided
by carers: |
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1. |
Cleaning services |
Dusting, vacuum cleaning and washing floors, washing
dishes, cleaning and disinfecting a kitchen,
cleaning and disinfecting a bathroom, washing
windows and curtains, making bed etc. |
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2. |
Assistance with clothes hygiene |
Washing clothes (in a washing machine), drying and ironing
clothes |
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3.
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Various errands |
Getting groceries and preparing light meals |
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Paying the bills (phone, electricity, rent…) |
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Going to a pharmacy for prescribed medicines and to the
doctor’s for prescriptions |
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Making necessary contacts with various services (social,
medical and other) |
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Equipment and material provided by home makers:
disinfection solutions, gloves, overcoats, soap,
washing cloths
Equipment and material NOT provided by
home makers (provided by a beneficiary):
detergents, vacuum cleaner, iron, washing machine,
money for groceries and paying bills, kitchen dishes |
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NOVI SAD
HUMANITARIAN CENTER 2004 - 2008 |
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