[Support needs of care dependent individuals : Survey of general and specific needs for information, assistance and support of care dependent individuals and their relatives].

Background: In 2009, statutory regulations on information and counselling regarding nursing care needs, performed by so-called care advisors have been implemented for persons in need of long-term care and their relatives. In order to adequately prepare these care advisors, contemporary needs and requirements must be determined. The aim of the study was to determine the different needs of persons in need of long-term care and their relatives.

Patient safety in home care: A multicenter cross-sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses.

Studies assume that up to 30% of home care recipients are exposed to a possible medication error. For the home care sector, the study situation regarding such errors is limited. The aim of the study was to find out how often medication errors occur and whether they are related to training, quality assurance measures (use of the double-check principle (DCP)), and other structural conditions of home care services.

Pressure ulcer prevention-Results of a multicentre cross-sectional survey on hospital infrastructures and processes in acute hospitals and accident and emergency departments.

Aims And Objectives: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a serious health problem. They can be considered as an indicator of the quality of health care and are associated with considerable cost increases for the health care system. The prevention of PUs is a major concern in hospital care.

Smart@home - supporting safety and mobility of elderly and care dependent people in their own homes through the use of technical assistance systems and conventional mobility supporting tools: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: The use of technical solutions and conventional mobility supporting aids can support the independence of people into old age in their own homes. However, we found relatively few empirical investigations on the effects and costs of these systems.

Methods: The aim of the study was to investigate usability, user satisfaction and the correlation between costs and benefits of different built-in smart home solutions and conventional mobility supporting tools in the home of elderly, partially care-dependent tenants (> 65 years).

Underweight in Nursing Homes: Differences between Men and Women.

Objective: In Germany, there is an ongoing concern about the high prevalence of underweight on admission to health-care institutions. In order to assess possible sex-specific differences, the aim of this study is to provide valid figures about the prevalence and risk factors of underweight of men and women in German nursing homes.

Material And Methods: A secondary data analysis of 8 annual consecutive cross-sectional studies of 19,686 residents from 280 nursing homes was conducted from 2009 to 2016.

[Prevalence and influencing factors of chronic wounds among clients of home care services in Germany].

Introduction: Chronic or non-healing wounds are a serious problem for both the parties involved and the healthcare system. Currently, there are hardly any reliable data on the prevalence of chronic wounds in outpatient care, although this setting is becoming increasingly important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and the factors associated with chronic wounds in clients cared for by home care services.

[Patient safety: The use of guidelines for dealing with multidrug resistant pathogens in outpatient care].

Introduction: Due to an increasing number of care recipients with severe and multiple illnesses and their increased risk of infections, the importance of hygiene has grown steadily over the past years. In home care settings, we are increasingly faced with multidrug-resistant pathogens, resulting in new requirements for a sufficient ambulatory hygiene management. As there are only few study results relating to the prevalence and implementation of a standardized ambulatory hygiene management, our study aims to explore the extent to which both fixed MRSA decolonization measures and instructions for the handling of specific pathogens are available to care staff and whether MRSA management is documented.

[Structure Parameters and Quality Outcomes of Ambulant Home-care].

Introduction: So far, there are few data available on the changes of ambulant home-care in Germany over the last decades. Therefore, the aim of this research was to provide structure data on nursing personnel, funding, size, regional differences, and training needs of ambulant home-care services in Germany. In addition, a possible association between structure parameters and quality outcomes for pressure ulcer and malnutrition was investigated.

[Centrally and non-centrally designed exams in nursing: Comparisons of the final exams in 2008 to 2013 in Berlin focusing on different concepts of professional nursing education].

Introduction: In Germany, nursing education ends with a final written, oral and practical exam. In the federal state of Berlin, Germany, all nursing students take centrally standardized written exams, while the practical and oral exams are developed by each individual nursing school or university and conducted without standardized protocols (non-central). Comparability might be seriously limited by this procedure.