The aim of home care at the Vestfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Health Institute is to enable a person to continue living at home for as long as possible, given their health and social conditions, in close cooperation with the person and their relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home care is provided in two areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home care in the northern region is provided by a special home care unit based at the hospital in \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Home care is also provided from the health center Tj\u00f6rn \u00e1 \u00deingeyri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the southern region, home care is provided from the hospital and health care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is best to consult the doctors of the health institution. They then send a written request to the home care department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home care is provided by nurses, paramedics and other workers, in close collaboration with primary care doctors, hospital specialists and nurses in its inpatient wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nurse from the home care unit visits the affected person and assesses the need for help, based on health and social conditions. After that, a care plan is drawn up in consultation with the individual and often their relatives as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home care is based on knowledge. Care provided there includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aim is to make home nursing clients as self-sufficient and independent as possible, given their health, physical endurance and other conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home nursing staff attends to their clients every day from 08:00-16:00 and 18:00-22:00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Requests for services outside of these hours must be sent separately to the head of the department and are examined on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home care itself is free for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, individuals have to pay for medical certificates, examinations, various specialized treatments and medical interviews, which home care often helps its clients receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The head of the home care department in the northern region is nurse Hei\u00f0a Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, heida.olafsdottir@hvest.is<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the southern area there is a nursing director, Hrafnhildur \u00d3l\u00f6f \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/a>, home care liaison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vestfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Health Institute provides all general information and instructions by phone: 450 4500<\/a>. Goal The goal of home nursing at the Vestfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Health Institute is to enable a person to continue living at home for as long as possible, given their health and social conditions, in close cooperation with [...] More \u203a<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":107,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Home care in the northern region: 450 4537<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"