\u201eIt is my great pleasure to confirm the agreement for this service, which I believe marks a turning point. We should place much greater emphasis on effective prevention and rehabilitation, as will be done here, and I envisage this becoming a model for similar services much more widely, throughout the country.\u201c<\/em> says Willum \u00de\u00f3r \u00de\u00f3rsson, Minister of Health.<\/p>\n \u201eWe are very much looking forward to offering a new and exciting service at S\u00f3lt\u00fan Health Centre on S\u00f3lvangur. With a multifaceted health-promoting short-stay programme, the aim is to help people improve their quality of life, independence and fitness in later life, and to reduce their need for assistance with activities of daily living.,<\/em> says Halla Thoroddsen, managing director of S\u00f3lt\u00fan Elderly Care Services Ltd.<\/p>\n \u201eThis agreement between the Icelandic Health Institute and S\u00f3lt\u00fan Elderly Care Service involves an exceptionally exciting innovation which will help older people to maintain their ability and skill to live in their own homes for longer, thereby delaying the need for them to move into a care home. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation with a preventative focus, where work is carried out on the person's functionality, nutritional and health status, is certainly the key to good results.\u201c<\/em> says Mar\u00eda Heimisd\u00f3ttir, Director of the National Insurance Institute of Iceland.<\/p>\n The arrangement of the service provided for by the contract includes certain innovations. It will be based on individualised plans which include education, specialist consultations, individual and group training, health-promoting training and activities. The aim is for those using the service to receive rehabilitation for four weeks on average, although in certain cases this may extend to six weeks. A minimum of 5 hours of individual therapy and 20 hours of individualised group therapy per person will be provided each week. The service will be provided every month of the year, every day of the week, except for 10 days each year around Christmas and New Year.<\/p>\n Initially, it is anticipated that home care and GP surgeries in the capital region will be able to refer people to this service. This is a new initiative and is thought likely to reduce the need for visits to the Accident & Emergency department. Furthermore, it is hoped that the rehabilitation and preventative work involved in the service will reduce the likelihood of serious health deterioration that requires A&E services or leads to premature hospitalisation. The service is therefore intended to ease the pressure on the National University Hospital, increase support for the carers of elderly people who are often under great strain, and last but not least, to improve the quality of life for those who use the service and enable them to live at home for longer than would otherwise be possible.<\/p>\n S\u00f3lt\u00fan Health Centre will open its services at S\u00f3lvangur on 1 September, in accordance with the agreement between S\u00f3lt\u00fan Ageing Services Ltd. and the National Health Insurance of Iceland, which is valid until the end of March 2025. Individuals' contribution towards the services provided under the agreement is governed by Regulation No. 1112\/2006 on institutional care for the elderly.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" S\u00f3lt\u00fan Heilsusetur opnar 1. september \u2013 n\u00fdm\u00e6li \u00ed \u00f6ldrunar\u00fej\u00f3nustu Sj\u00fakratryggingar \u00cdslands (S\u00cd) og S\u00f3lt\u00fan \u00f6ldrunar\u00fej\u00f3nusta ehf. hafa gert me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning sem kve\u00f0ur \u00e1 um n\u00fdja tegund s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0rar \u00fej\u00f3nustu vi\u00f0 aldra\u00f0a. \u00dej\u00f3nustan ver\u00f0ur veitt \u00ed endurger\u00f0u h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i gamla S\u00f3lvangs \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. \u00dear ver\u00f0a r\u00fdmi fyrir 39 einstaklinga sem gert er r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 dvelji \u00fear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15066"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"IMG_4909\"](\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4909-scaled.jpg\")
An agreement for the services of S\u00f3lt\u00fan Health Centre at S\u00f3lvang in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has been signed and confirmed by the Minister of Health. Maria Heimisd\u00f3ttir, CEO of the National Health Insurance Administration; R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur; Brynd\u00eds Gu\u00f0brandsd\u00f3ttir of S\u00f3lt\u00fan; Ingibj\u00f6rg Ey\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, Director of Nursing at S\u00f3lt\u00fan, Hr\u00f6nn Lj\u00f3tsd\u00f3ttir from S\u00f3lt\u00fan and Willum \u00de\u00f3r \u00de\u00f3rsson, Minister of Health.<\/sup><\/p>\n![\"IMG_4922\"](\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4922-scaled.jpg\")
The facilities at S\u00f3lt\u00fan Health Centre are set to be the most splendid. S\u00f3lt\u00fan Health Centre will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the old S\u00f3lvangur. <\/sup><\/p>\nReduced need for A&E services and hospital admissions<\/h4>\n
The operation begins on 1 September.<\/h4>\n