Summary: The 60 patients, who were admitted to an inpatient care at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Basel between 1996 and 1997 and who did not suffer from manifest dementia, were investigated retrospectively. In particular, network variables ...
Abstract:Aims: Due to large inconsistencies in previous studies, it remains unclear how alcohol use is related to health care utilization. The aim of this study was to examine associations between alcohol drinking ...
Medication safety in the home care setting: Development and piloting of a Critical Incident Reporting SystemAbstract. Background: While drug-related problems are among the most frequent adverse events in health care, little is known about their type and ...
Task sharing in outpatient dementia care – Focus groups with GPs and nursesAbstract. Background: Caring for people with dementia (PWD) is challenging for the health system and family carers and can only be managed through ...
Abstract:Introduction: Successful home care for people living with dementia (PLwD) allows them to live in their own home environment for as long as possible. Current findings indicate a need for further development of ...
Nurses’ perspectives on their potential role in advance care planning in home care: A qualitative studyAbstract.Background: Advance Care Planning (ACP) in long-term care in Germany has been identified as a potential area of ...
Collaborative position paper of the Gesellschaft für Neuropsychologie e.V. (GNP) and the Bundesverband ambulant-teilstationäre Neurorehabilitation e. V. (BV ANR) about discharge management in acute care ...
Medical Overuse in Switzerland: How Frequent is Preoperative Chest Radiography?Abstract. Background: Preoperative chest radiography in the absence of a clinical suspicion for intrathoracic pathology is part of the Top-5 list ...