Citation

van der Ploeg ES, Leermakers ML. Geriatr. Nurs. 2017; 38(6): 573-577.

Affiliation

Stichting Argos Zorggroep, Voorberghlaan 35, 3123 AX Schiedam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.04.009

PMID

28619675

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a gradual change in nursing home care from care providers doing as many things as possible for residents to a philosophy where patients are encouraged to become more involved in their care and activities of daily living. Function Focused Care (FFC) is a methodology to stimulate the involvement of residents on a daily basis that has shown to be safe and effective in improving ADL-functioning. We implemented FFC in four nursing homes with 53 residents. This first pilot project in Dutch nursing homes has replicated the finding that FFC inspires functional independence, but also revealed a reduction in the number of falls among fallers.

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Language: en

Keywords

Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Long term care, Function Focused Care, physical activity; Rehabilitation