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| Older people and preventive home visits | | Author(s) | Mikkel Vass, Kirsten Avlund, Carsten Hendriksen |
| Corporate Author | AgeForum, Danish Ministry of Social Affairs |
| Publisher | AgeForum, Odense, Denmark, 2006 |
| Pages | 48 pp |
| Source | Age Forum, Skibhusvej 52 B, 3. DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. http://www.aeldreforum.dk |
| Keywords | Home visits [doctors] ; Preventative medicine ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | In 1996, Denmark introduced national preventive efforts for the older population with the introduction of home visits under the Danish Act on Preventive Home Visits and this has met with widespread interest. The aim of preventive home visits is to try to prevent or delay the onset of impairments. Danish municipalities are therefore obliged to offer home visits twice a year to everyone aged 75+. The purpose is to support personal resources, and to offer social support aimed at preserving functional ability. In accordance with a decentralisation policy, how this programme is carried out is left to each municipality. However, ten years on, there are still variations in how this law is managed and implemented. About 60% of older Danes accept and receive the visits. Less than 50% of the municipalities have produced specific guidelines and quality assurance indicators. More than half have systematically used the visits to collect information on older people's community needs for administrative and political purposes. This monograph has been brought out as an international presentation in response to the interest shown by the European community and as a contribution to the celebration of the United Nation's International Day of Older Persons in October 2006. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061018206 B |
| Classmark | L5H: LK2: 76K |
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