[The care of relatives and ICU teams during a crisis].

Families find themselves in an exceptional situation after the sudden death of someone close. Anxiety, aggression, rage, incomprehension, and distraction are only a few feelings of the concerned people which intensive care staff must take care of. Crisis intervention, developed in the middle of the last century, offers a framework with its concepts for the healthcare staff of how to work with the bereaved people during the first few hours.

[Preventive home visits : Cross-sectional study to support an independent lifestyle for elderly people].

Background: In the interest of preventing or postponing dependency on care and assistance for as long as possible, preventive home visits to people aged over 70 years living at home were conducted by registered nurses.

Aim: Assessment of the functional health of people over 70 years of age and counseling or information carried out based on the identified problem areas and resources.

Material And Methods: A multidimensional nursing assessment through self-evaluation was applied for 345 people aged over 70 years.