[Telemedicine, a medical solution in under-resourced areas]. / La télémédecine, une solution médicale en zone sous-dotée.

Maintaining the growth of rural areas and providing patients with the best possible support in the context of a coordinated healthcare pathway is a challenge that has been met thanks to teleconsultation. An experiment in Nouvelle-Aquitaine is benefiting patients at a hospital and residents of a home for the elderly, allowing them to be monitored by their primary care physician or a specialist from a distance. Nursing professionals are enriching their practice, integrating new information and communication technologies with all the guarantees in terms of security of practices.

[Experimentation of a night shift nursing position in EHPAD]. / Expérimentation d'un poste infirmier de nuit en Ehpad.

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Health Agency is experimenting with a night nurse position shared between several accommodation facilities for dependent elderly.

[Sustainable and efficient cooperation to protect residents from the COVID-19 epidemic]. / Coopérer pour protéger les résidents de la Covid-19.

The health crisis has had a major impact on residential institutions for dependent elderly people. Professionals practising in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region are reviewing the measures adopted to protect residents, their families and staff. Resulting from a collective work between four public establishments in common direction, the fight against the epidemic of COVID-19 was organized by combining management of the immediacy of ministerial directives and anticipation in order to be sustainable.

[Working as a nurse in a nursing home: expertise in gerontology]. / Infirmière en Ehpad : une expertise en gerontology.

Working with denendent elderly people requires multi-disciplinary abilities: theoretical knowledge, inter-personal and relationship skills, a detailed knowledge and control of the working practices within the facility and also the judgement to seek external care assistance when necessary. The professional nurse builds up a soundly based expertise in gerontology from experience gained from the wide range of practical situations encountered and by maintaining an ethical approach.

[Therapeutic bath and Alzheimer's disease]. / Bain thérapeutique et maladie d'Alzheimer.

To safeguard the quality of life of people suffering from Alzheimer's by the creation of an individual care plan, by identifying pleasurable activities or fond memories of the individual, thereby restoring a sense of present well being. The therapeutic bath, an action which might be considered somewhat straightforward, in fact enables the measurement of the capability of an elderly person to respond to stimulation by medical staff.

[Temporary accommodations: respite for caregivers]. / L'hébergement temporaire: un relais pour les aidants naturels.

Many elderly dependent people live at home thanks to outside assistance and thanks to a member of their family who becomes a carer. Looking after a dependent person can take its toll on the carer's health and their family balance. Temporary accommodation meets the needs of the elderly person as well as the carer's need for respite. It forms an important link in enabling elderly people to continue living at home. An example with a nursing home in the Creuse region.