Articles - Hovi Care

How to do safe transfers with the elderly?

Working with the elderly and how to make your day together successful: Safe transfers Hovi Care wants to openly share with the family members of the elderly some ideas about the ways you can make your day successful. This time, in our section: Working with the elderly, we discuss safe transfers from bed to wheelchair. Transferring an elderly person from a bed to a wheelchair can be a challenging task requiring careful safety attention. Here are some steps that can

Jussi Peltonen April 27, 2023

Knowledge of the client's life and understanding history

Why is knowledge of the senior’s life and understanding history important?

Knowledge of the client’s life and understanding history improves the quality of care for people with cognitive disease 23.2.2022 University of Turku Cognitive diseases pose challenges to measuring the quality of care from a client’s perspective. In the late stage of cognitive disease, it may be challenging to get an answer to the question “what matters to you?”. Despite this, a person with a cognitive disease can enjoy a meaningful, content-rich life. Quality is something, which is characteristic of someone.

Jussi Peltonen February 23, 2022

Finland is the world’s happiest country – again. How is that translated into Hovi Care’s services?

The release of the 2019 World Happiness Report again confirms that impression with four Nordic countries in the top five happiest nations. Finland, which headed the table last year, came top again, followed by Denmark, Norway (top in 2017) and Iceland. World Economic Forum’s article explained the results: “The survey, conducted by Gallup, uses a three-year rolling average of survey responses around six factors: GDP per capita; social support; life expectancy; freedom to make life choices; generosity; and corruption levels.

Jussi Peltonen July 11, 2019