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Improve the human rights of dementia patients and carers

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The government must act to improve the human rights of dementia patients and carers

Few now question the right of parents to stay with children in hospital – so why don’t patients with dementia have similar rights?

John’s Campaign is single-issue and simple. It is for the right of carers to stay with people with dementia if they are admitted to hospital. It is named for the father of my friend, the writer Nicci Gerrard, whose father’s dementia was catastrophically accelerated by a stay in hospital where he was largely cut off from his family.

In the 1960s we had to campaign for parents to have the right to stay with their children in hospital. Few question this right now. So why does the same right not apply to carers of people with dementia?

Source: The government must act to improve the human rights of dementia patients and carers

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World’s first mobile hospital lab to help elderly

Posted on by under Dementia in Denmark, Gerontechnology, Health

I found this short article through Healthcare Denmark. Check out their website to find out more about how health and social care is organized and carried out in Denmark, with some more great examples of using technology for health!

World’s first mobile hospital lab to help elderly

September 04, 2015

Mobil Lab
The world’s first mobile hospital laboratory for examination and treatment of elderly citizens in their own home, is now a reality in Denmark.

A collaboration between Køge Hospital and Køge Municipality has resulted in the development of the world’s first mobile hospital laboratory for examination and treatment of elderly and vulnerable citizens in their own home.

The mobile hospital laboratory is staffed with a biomedical laboratory technician from Køge Hospital and a nurse from Køge Municipality. They drive the mobile laboratory to the citizen’s home to examinate and take blood samples. The results are ready within 30 minutes and are sent directly to the citizen’s GP, who assesses whether there is a need for hospitalization or if treatment can take place in the citizen’s own home.

The target group consists of elderly and vulnerable patients who suffer from urinary tract infections, COPD, dizziness, dehydration, diarrhea, constipation or infections. With the mobile laboratory, many elderly can avoid a trip to the doctor or a stressful hospitalization and instead get their treatment at home.

Social and Health-Care Policy for the Elderly in Denmark

Posted on by under Dementia in Denmark

This information comes to us from the Global Action on Aging, based in New York City. The copyright at the bottom of the page is for 2002, so my best guess is that this is an old article. However, I wanted to post it here because it gives some insight into the care policy in Denmark.

Social and Health-Care Policy for the Elderly in Denmark

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Selvkørende robotter på Herlev Hospital

Posted on by under Gerontechnology, På dansk

Selvkørende robotter er snart hverdag på Herlev Hospital

På billedet ses MiR10, en danskproduceret AGV af samme type som om de mobile robotter Herlev Hospital snart indfører til praktiske leveringsopgaver

Næste år indkøber Herlev Hospital selvkørende, små robotter til flere slags logistiske arbejdsopgaver. Hospitalet bliver dermed det første danske, der i stor skala indfører fuldautomatisk varelevering. Målet er at forbedre arbejdsmiljøet og reducere omkostningerne.
Af Mathias Skov Johansen 24. apr 2015 kl. 13:31
I dag er det en robot, der bringer posten rundt på Herlev Hospitals gange. Men om et års tid er det ikke kun breve og pakker, de selvkørende AGV’er leverer på regionshospitalet nord for København.
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