Compensation (care)
In nursing science , compensation is understood as the complete assumption of a task or service that the person being cared for cannot do himself. Compensatory or balancing care is in contrast to activating care, which encourages those being cared for to use their existing resources.
Even if almost every nursing intervention includes components of compensatory and activating care , the principle applies: As little compensation as necessary, as much activation as possible. Compensatory care is geared towards deficits; it is necessary if the person being cared for is unable to carry out the act himself and if failure threatens to cause damage. From a care point of view, this form of care has the advantage of being time-saving and often leading to better results. The disadvantages are that the feeling of helplessness of the person being cared for becomes stronger and the dependence on care increases.
literature
- Nicole Menche, Lektorat Pflege (Ed.): Pflege heute Urban & Fischer Verlag / Elsevier GmbH, 2014 ISBN 978-3437267741
- Nicole Menche: Repetitorium Pflege heute Urban & Fischer Verlag / Elsevier GmbH, 2014 ISBN 978-3437278433
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elsevier GmbH (Ed.): PFLEGEN: Basics and Interventions Elsevier, 2015 ISBN 978-3437254017 p. 51