FRAILTY IN OLDER ADULTS: COMPETENCE CARE INNOVATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN ELDERLY CARE

摘要

To access collectively funded institutional care the government has put the bar very high. For this reason residents of care institutions have a great need for support in caring, Because of their multiple disorders every day institutional practice shows that the residents often only be seen as people with disabilities and not as people with abilities, ambitions and important social networks. This is a persistent evil in institutional care in a lot of European countries. A short moving film, called ‘See me’, will be shown to demonstrate what this means for the frail older people who live in a care facility. In order to ensure that frail elderly people are seen as individuals with qualities and ambitions, or as ‘ordinary people’, who are seen, it must change in care facilities. Emphasis should be placed on a dignified and meaningful life for frail older people in care facilities. To realize that seven pillars for competence care are developed, namely:1.Strengthen the resilience2.Pay attention to experiences of loss and focus on resistance3.Encourage reciprocity4.Focus on talent development5.Enjoy today and look forward to tomorrow6.Pay attention to the role of relatives7.Pay attention to a dignified end of lifeAfter two years working with this new care concept in two care facilities in The Netherlands living and working in the care institution has been given a different look. A short film will be shown to demonstrate how a care facility is transformed into a meeting place and live studio.