GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING

PRESENTATION ON RESOURCES FOR HOME NURSING

BY
MENSAH AMINA

SESSION OBJECTIVE
BY THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW;
1. What is home nursing.
2. Resources needed for Home Nursing.
3. Importance of Home Nursing.

RESOURCES
Resources refers to a stock or supply of money, materials, staff and other
assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function
effectively.

HOME NURSING
According to Bullough and Bullough(1990), home nursing continued as a
small but important nursing role during most of the 20th century. However, it
was overshadowed by the more preventive care oriented public health or
community nurse role. Hospitals are now motivated to discharge much
earlier, so there is the need for home health care. Home health care is
defined as the provision of multidisciplinary health care to the sick, disabled
and injured in their places of residence.

RESOURCES NEEDED FOR HOME NURSING

1. Equipment and instruments such as sphygmomanometer and
stethoscope, thermometer, and foetal stethoscope for collecting vital
information on the patients health
2. Facilities for sterilization to make sure asepsis is maintained.
3. Dressing materials and equipment such as gallipots, receivers,
dressing foceps and sterile dressings for dressing of wounds
4. Equipment such as bed pans and urinals for bedridden clients
5. Drugs to be served to patient either to relieve pain or to treat the
ailment.
6. Disinfectants and antiseptics to eliminate micro- organisms.
7. Bed and bedding materials to ensure that the patient lies on a neat
and comfortable bed.

HELP AGE GHANA

It is a non governmental organization established in Ghana in 1988. The
driving force for establishing it was the deteroratory standard of the care of
the aged in Ghana. In Ghana our family system is such that the care of the
elderly has been the responsibility of family members .However, urbanization
has now moved a lot of people to the urban areas thus leaving the elderly
in the rural areas to fend for themselves

OBJECTIVES OF HELP AGE GHANA

1. To advance the welfare of the aged.
2. To give orientation to people who are interested in the affairs of the
aged.
3. To sensitize policy makers on the plight of the aged.

ACTIVITIES OF HELP AGE GHANA

1. They have co- coordinators who identify the aged in the community
who bring them together. These coordinators are assigned to the aged
to give care to the helpless in their homes. The activities include
bathing, washing, cooking, feeding and other care the aged are not
able to give themselves.
2. They also train care takers on the care of the aged.
3. They train needy families on income generation activities such as
farming, piggery or corn milling, to raise funds to support the aged.
4. They have established three day care centers, two in Accra and one in
Abetifi in the Eastern Region where the aged are sent to the day care
centers in the morning and return home in the evening.
5. They are fed at the center, interact with other ,watch films and play in
door games .
6. They have adopted a slogan Adopt a Granny which was initiated at
the Nursing Department of the University of Ghana, where individual
are encourage to adopt any number of the aged and contribute to their
survival and welfare, either in kind or in cash .
7. They have also advocate for the aged to have free medical on the
essential drugs and basic hospital care.
8. They are building a multi complex structure at Osu in Accra to be used
as for a day care center as well as, out patients clinic for the aged.

REFERENCING
Offei, V.(2012) Common Medical and Social Issues or Nursing Concern In
Ghana (ed.). Accra: Adonai publications.
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Offei,V. & Abaka-Quansah, J.(2009) Principles of public /Community Health
Nursing Practice and Disease Prevention In Ghana(vol .2). Accra : Adonai
publication
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