The Spitex organisation of the City of Berne is committed to providing support to and maintaining the quality of life of people of all ages who suffer from an illness, a handicap or frail or convalescing.
Basic nursing care
- Assistance with dressing and undressing
- Help with eating and drinking
- Assistance with oral and personal hygiene
- Putting to bed, positioning
- Physical exercises, mobility
- Prevention of bed sores, skincare
- Bandaging of legs, putting on and taking off compressional stockings
- Help with having a bath or shower assistance
Therapeutical nursing
- Monitoring of vital parameters (pulse, blood pressure, etc.)
- Measurement of blood and urine sugar levels
- Administration of medication
- Wound care
- All types of injections
Clarification
- Clarification of the level of nursing and assistance required with doctors and relatives, etc.
- Clarification with other institutions (e.g. Pro Senectute) that are already involved or becoming involved with nursing care
Instruction
- Instructions on how to handle equipment and other aids
- Instructions on how to perform tasks such as the self-injection of insulin or how to use urethral catheters
Counsultation
- Counselling and support in the final stages of life / dying at home
- Health advice
- Contact point for questions regarding relatives as care providers
- Counselling if problems arise concerning excretions and the use of incontinence products
