A new day care unit for people with dementia
A new day care unit with specialised facilities for people with dementia was opened at Sólvang in Hafnarfjörður this summer. Over the past months and years, the focus has been on building a strong and good elderly care service at Sólvangur, thereby facilitating access for older people to preventative services and support in one place.
Sólvangur
has become the centre for elderly care services in Hafnarfjörður
A new day care unit with specialised facilities for people with dementia was
opened at Sólvang in Hafnarfjörður this summer. The emphasis has been placed on that in recent times.
months and years to build a strong and good elderly care service at Sólvang and pay
senior citizens' access to preventative services and support in one and
the same place. A new day care unit is today welcoming twelve individuals, but to
The intention is to increase the number of spaces. The mayor visited
service users and staff recently, but gathering restrictions and public health measures
have stood in the way of the department's formal opening. The hospitality of the service users was great, and homemade decorations and cakes welcomed guests to the community hall.
From the left: Bryndís Guðbrandsdóttir, Director of Day and Home Care Services at Sólvangur; Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, Mayor of Hafnarfjörður; Inga Eyþórsdóttir, Director of Nursing at Sólvangur; Halla Thoroddsen, Director of Sóltún Geriatric Services Ltd., Vilborg Gunnarsdóttir, Managing Director of the Alzheimer's Association, and Rannveig Einarsdóttir, Head of the Family and Child Affairs Department at Hafnarfjörður Municipality.
The hospitality of the service users was great, and homemade decorations and cakes welcomed guests in the community hall.
The aim is to maintain self-sufficiency for as long as possible.
The aim of the new day training department is to make
enable individuals with dementia to live at home for as long as possible and maintain
self-sufficiency to the greatest extent possible. On offer are, among other things
leisure activities, health promotion, meals and rest facilities. The facility is on the first floor.
a floor in the older building of Sólvangur, but the premises were recently beautifully renovated by
the municipality. The day care department is run by Sóltún Elderly Care Services Ltd in
in partnership with the local authority, and the Alzheimer's Society is the professional backer
the activity. On the first floor, there is also the operation of general day care spaces for
elderly people.
The plan is to have all facilities at Sólvangur warm and attractive. Here you can see the canteen on the first floor.
The better lounge offers a warm and pleasant space for rest and reading.
Innovation in elderly care services
Construction and refurbishment are underway on the upper floors of the old
Sólvang, based on an agreement between the Ministry of Health and the City of Hafnarfjörður.
A new type of specialised service for the elderly is to be established there.
The building provides spaces for short-term and respite care for 39
individuals, or in total around 250 people a year, where light refreshments will be provided.
Rehabilitation and an assessment of the individual's further support needs. The underlying aim is to enhance people's capacity.
to live at home for longer. The service is intended to ease the pressure on the National University Hospital,
to increase support for carers and last but not least, to improve their quality of life
older people who use the service and enabling them to live for longer
at home otherwise. The opening of 11 new nursing rooms on the 2nd floor is also planned.
of the building in 2022, and there will then be 71 nursing rooms and 39 short-term rooms on
Solvangi.