Home nursing

General

Description

Home nursing provides nursing and care to the sick and handicapped in their own home. This helps reduce the demand for places in nursing homes. The service can, for example, cover treatment of sores, personal care and medication.
 

Criteria

Your personal needs determine whether you may receive assistance

Price

The service is free of charge.

Laws

• Lov om behandlingsmåten i forvaltningssaker av 10. februar 1967 Forvaltningsloven
• Lov om helsetjenesten i kommunene av 19. november 1982 nr. 66 Kommunehelsetjenesteloven
• Lov om pasientrettigheter av 2. juli 1990 nr. 63 Pasientrettighetsloven
• Forskrift om individuell plan etter helselovgivningen og sosialtjenesteloven av 23. desember 2004 nr. 1837 Forskrift om individuell plan
• Rundskriv I-13/2005 Forskrift om begrensninger i helsepersonells adgang til å motta gave, provisjon, tjeneste eller annen ytelse (Forskrift av 29/8 2005 nr 941) Begrensninger i helsepersonells adgang til å motta gave ... (rundskriv)
• FOR-2003-06-27-792 Forskrift om kvalitet i pleie- og omsorgstjenestene
• Helsepersonelloven

Application

Guidelines

You may contact the municipality in order to get assistance in applying for home nursing, or you may ask others to help you if you have a need for this. If someone applies on your behalf, they have a power of attorney signed by you.
 

Attachments

You must attach a power of attorney signed by you if someone is applying on your behalf.
 

Complaint

If you are not satisfied with the decision, you may appeal to the municipality within three weeks of having been informed. Explain why you are dissatisfied and why you feel the decision should be changed. If you need assistance, you may ask the municipality. If the municipality upholds its original decision, you may appeal to the county health authority.

You may also appeal to those responsible for carrying out the service. This is then to be sent to the municipality or directly to those supplying the service.

Duration

The municipality shall consider your application as soon as possible. If the matter cannot be determined within one month, you will be informed of this in writing with the reasons for the delay. At the same time you will be informed when you may expect to hear of the municipality’s decision.
 

Processing

The municipality shall obtain the necessary information in order to determine the matter. A decision is consequently made. Normally, a reason is given for the decision at the same time. You will always be given a reason if there are grounds to believe that you will not be satisfied with the decision. If the reasons are not stated, you may ask he municipality. This should be done within the time limit for making an appeal.

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