title: [Preventive home visits : Cross-sectional study to support an independent lifestyle for elderly people].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the interest of preventing or postponing dependency on care and assistance for as long as possible, preventive home visits to people aged over 70 years living at home were conducted by registered nurses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Assessment of the functional health of people over 70 years of age and counseling or information carried out based on the identified problem areas and resources.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multidimensional nursing assessment through self-evaluation was applied for 345 people aged over 70 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample of people investigated showed a high level of competence in self-care; however, a large number of functional health impairments could be identified that are reflected in the high requirement for counseling and information.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It became evident that recruiting of study participants was difficult and that care by family members was an important resource for people aged over 70 years. From this it was recommended that in the future sustainable advertising efforts should be conducted and special attention needs to be given to counseling and information for family members in preventive home visits.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerontologie und demographische Entwicklung, UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Eduard Wallnöfer Zentrum 1, 6060, Hall in Tirol, Österreich. eva.schulc@umit.at.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schulc
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerontologie und demographische Entwicklung, UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Eduard Wallnöfer Zentrum 1, 6060, Hall in Tirol, Österreich.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pallauf
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflegewissenschaft, UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Hall in Tirol, Österreich.
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Them
authors.affiliation: UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Hall in Tirol, Österreich.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wildbahner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012648:Self Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Counseling; Functional health; Information; Lifestyle; Resources