In home health care (HHC) operations, nurses are scheduled and routed to perform various
services at clients' homes. As this often requires a combination of vehicle routing and …

Background Informal caregivers are an essential pillar for ensuring and maintaining the
outpatient care of the frail elderly. Due to demographic changes, including an increase in the …

Purpose: We analyzed the effects of COVID-19 as well as its accompanying epidemiological
control measures on health-related outcomes (physical and mental health) and unmet care …

Background Multi-morbidity, poly-pharmacy and cognitive impairment leave many old
patients in a frail condition with a high risk of adverse outcomes if proper health care is not …

Inspiring by real-world assumptions, this paper aims to present a robust optimization model
for a home health care routing-scheduling problem with uncertain service and travel times …

We study a real-life problem in which a nurse is required to check upon patients she is
responsible for either by home visits or phone calls. Due to the large number of patients and …

Against the background of an ageing society with an increasing demand for informal
caregivers, this study examines (1) to what extent informal caregiving is negatively related to …

Objectives In countries with ageing populations, home care (HC) aides are among the
fastest growing jobs. There are few quantitative studies of HC occupational safety and health …

Due to an increased number of complex multi‐and long‐term ill patients, healthcare and
nursing provided in patients' homes are expected to grow. Teamwork is important in order to …

Background It is important to support ageing home care nurses (HCNs) to remain in work for
longer, since the need for home care services is increasing. Personal resources such as self …