Vård i Norden
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An evaluation was made of relatives' experiences of the care of the patient and the treatment of themselves at a geriatric ward where elderly patients dying of cancer were nursed. A questionnaire was sent to 100 relatives after they had agreed on telephone to participate. 86 relatives answered the questions. The results shows that the majority of the relatives were satisfied with the care of the patient and the treatment of themselves as relatives. ⋯ They also need support and invitation to get the courage to ask questions and to participate in the care of their dying next-of-kin. We need deepen our knowledge of what kind of information the relatives demands and what information needs to be repeated. Evaluations of routines to make contact easier between patients, their relatives and hospital staff should be done continuously.
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between the feeling of subsistence security and well feeling. For the study 129 patients in Helsinki domiciliary care were interviewed. Relationships between subsistence security and well feeling have been demonstrated by chi-square test. ⋯ The subsistence security was the main predictor of the variances of the sumvariables 'physical well-ill feeling' and 'mental and social well-ill feeling'. It can be suggested that for indigent people in domiciliary care it is not sufficient that a variety of services is available. It is therefore an important task of the nurses to strengthen the indigent patients' ability to utilize the different opportunities available in order to improve their well feeling and ability to cope at home.