ABSTRACT
Home automation in the area of disability is a rapidly developing field. A hospital rehabilitation unit and a university institute of technology have formed an experimental partnership with the aim of improving patient care management. This collaboration resulted in the development of a control interface in a hospital room equipped with certain home automation systems, opening up perspectives for the return home of patients with a disability.
Subject(s)
Automation , Disabled Persons/rehabilitation , Hospital Units , HumansSubject(s)
Pain/prevention & control , Patient Care Planning/organization & administration , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Patient Participation/methods , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Chronic Disease , Family/psychology , France , Humans , Medical Records , Needs Assessment , Nursing Assessment , Pain/psychology , Patient Participation/psychology , QuebecABSTRACT
Fighting pain is one of nurses' duties. At Dreux general hospital, the medical and nursing staff of the physical medicine and rehabilitation department has gradually put in place since 2004 an information and treatment logbook. It constitutes a way of recording and assessing each patient's pain and consequently facilitates its treatment.