Holistic care refers to coherent and comprehensive care and support programs. It includes personal care, practical assistance, and rehabilitation of physical impairments caused by illness, which are not treated in connection with hospitalization. The aim of holistic care is both rehabilitative, preventive and maintenance-oriented.
Personal care may, for example, include assistance or support with bathing, dressing and undressing, and other aspects of personal care. Assistance with necessary household tasks may include help or assistance with cleaning, changing bed linen, folding clothes, preparing food, or putting groceries away. Rehabilitation of physical impairments caused by illness unrelated to hospitalization may be relevant, for example, if you are weakened after prolonged bed rest at home due to an illness like the flu or after a fall, and where there is a need for regaining lost or reduced functional abilities.
The purpose of holistic care is to ensure a holistic approach to your overall life situation. It is up to each municipality to decide how individual care and support programs under holistic care are structured.
The help and support you receive as part of your assigned care and support program is planned and provided through dialogue between you and the care worker, based on a professional assessment of your current needs and resources. The help and support must be continuous, flexible, and coherent, and involve as few different caregivers in your home as possible.