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Mental health care is a nursing service that is covered by statutory health insurance with the aim of keeping people in good psychological and physical health and helping them maintain social balance and/or find a new one. Typical tasks include helping a person build and maintain a daily schedule, problem and crisis management, taking medication, housekeeping and self-care, promoting social contacts, and consulting with relatives.

Oncology is the medical specialization that deals with cancer. Oncology care includes all medical and technical tasks that can be performed at home by a specialized oncological nurse, such as chemotherapy, pain pumps, invasive catheters, blood transfusions, nutritional therapies, and wound management.

This means providing advice and support regarding healthy nutrition. People in special life situations with existing risk factors, such as diabetes, obesity, or other diseases, can prevent or reduce the effects of secondary diseases by making dietary adjustments. In the case of diabetes, diet is also part of the therapy. The services are only covered by statutory health insurance if they are provided by a qualified nutritionist or diabetes advisor.

Palliative care encompasses medical and nursing interventions as well as psychological, social, and spiritual support for people with terminal, life-threatening, and/or chronically progressive illnesses when it is no longer considered possible to treat the underlying illness. It is covered by statutory health insurance.

This applies to infusions via central or peripheral venous catheters that require special monitoring or preparation, such as blood reserves, chemotherapy, and others.

Non-nursing care measures that are designed to provide the best possible care and support that are tailored to the needs of the patient. Initiating and coordinating interprofessional care.

Professional relief of pain or other symptoms of the disease or therapy.

The illness and impending death/loss of a loved one can be very stressful for everyone. Advice and/or offers of assistance and relief can have a supportive effect.

Coordination of interprofessional support from various service providers. The focus is always on the sick person. If necessary, additional contacts in the network will be arranged and put into contact with each other.

Rehabilitation in medicine is understood as the restoration of the patient's physical abilities on connection with a sickness, trauma or surgery.

With active rehabilitative care the focus is on daily enablement, activation, reintigration into daily activity and exercise.

Clarification of the need for care and the patient's environment, and planning of the necessary measures together with the doctor and the patient.

Advising the patient and, where applicable, those who are not professionally involved in nursing care, in carrying out nursing care, in particular in dealing with symptoms of illness, taking medication or using medical equipment, and carrying out the necessary checks.

Assistance with daily activities, such as personal hygiene, help with putting on/taking off compression stockings, eating, etc.

Assistance administering or monitoring prescribed medications.

All procedures prescribed by a physician and medically indicated, including: Measurement of pulse, blood pressure, and blood sugar; administering of medication; conduct of pain therapy; administering of injections and infusions; treating wounds; and more.

Measuring blood pressure/pulse, temperature, weight, breathing, and more.

Medically prescribed treatment of all wounds. Both surgical and chronic causes. The goals of wound management are documenting, cleaning, preventing, and fighting infections as well as the correct treatment and dressing of wounds.

The client's trusted employee or team will always be there to provide care and support. This creates a feeling of intimacy with patients, and they feel safe and secure in their home.

If necessary, nursing care providers can provide service during nighttime hours (after 11 p.m.).

Round-the-clock care for a person in need of care means that they can receive 24-hour care in their own home. A caregiver often lives together with the patient in the same house or apartment for two to three months and guarantees intensive and extensive care. As a rule, this service is not covered by statutory health insurance.

If necessary, nursing care providers can provide service from 5:00 p.m. to approx. 11:00 p.m.

If the sick person cannot be left alone, it is ensured that the patient receives care while relatives are absent. As a rule, this service is not covered by statutory health insurance.

The patient can resolve various situations at a round table discussion. It often involves a complex care situation involving Spitex.

This includes the rental of aids (e.g., devices) to treat people with health problems. Health aids include, for example, pull-up bars, cushion bed railings, walking sticks, patient tables, positioning pillows, bedside chairs, walkers, or wheelchairs. The rental costs range from less than one franc to several francs per day, and they are not covered by health insurance.

These exist for various conditions (dementia, Alzheimer's, ALS, MS, and other diseases). It can be very relieving and encouraging to talk to other people who are affected by the same diseases. Many relative caregivers find that the feeling of not being alone gives them additional strength to provide further care for their relative.