Økernhjemmet

Økernhjemmet is a municipal nursing home and care institution in the Økern area of the Bjerke district in Oslo, Norway. It is owned and operated by the Municipality of Oslo (Oslo kommune) and is presented on the municipality's official health and care pages as a long-term care home (langtidshjem) with 55 places reserved for people with a dementia condition. The places are divided between two departments, Øst (East) and Vest (West), each containing four care groups (bogrupper). Each department is arranged around a closed atrium garden with plantings, seating groups, water features, a carp pond and rabbits. Beyond residential care, Økernhjemmet also operates day-centre capacity: the official facts list 52 day-centre places, of which 17 are adapted for people with dementia. Residents are accommodated in single rooms with spacious bathrooms, and some rooms have their own kitchenette. The home is located in Bydel Bjerke and has a municipal ownership form. The institution offers a broad range of services and activities. It has its own café (currently closed), a hair salon, foot care, atrium gardens, church services in cooperation with Tonsen parish, a gym, and a therapy dog through Dyreassisterte Tjenester. Rabbits and aquarium fish live permanently at the nursing home. All food is prepared in the departments. Once a month the home's own restaurant, Økern Spiseri, opens so that residents can book a table for themselves and their guests and enjoy a three-course dinner with drinks. Staffing and competence are emphasised in the official description: two nursing-home doctors each in 50% positions, a department nurse and a professional manager in each department, a responsible nurse in each care group, a dedicated quality manager, two activity coordinators (one at 50% and one at 100%), a physiotherapist and a music therapist. The home regularly receives students from Oslo University College (Høgskolen i Oslo) and practice pupils from Kuben Upper Secondary School. Historically, the institution is also known as Økern alders- og sykehjem (Økern old-age and nursing home). According to the Nynorsk Wikipedia entry, it was a very large nursing and old-age home at Økern in Oslo, and in 2005 it had two sheltered units with 12 residents each, one strengthened sheltered unit with 8 residents, one nursing-home department with 30 residents, one nursing-home department with 17 residents plus one sheltered unit with 8 residents, a day centre for people with dementia with 10 places per day, and an ordinary day centre with 30 places per day. The building was designed by the architects Sverre Fehn and Geir Grung and received the Houen Fund diploma (Houens fonds diplom) in 1961. The entry notes that it was under reconstruction around 2006. Today Økernhjemmet continues as an active municipal care home under the Municipality of Oslo, with its own Facebook presence, brochure and activity plan, and quality reports published for all municipal nursing homes.

Økernhjemmet, historically known as Økern alders- og sykehjem (Økern old-age and nursing home), is a care institution at Økern in Oslo, Norway. The building was designed by the architects Sverre Fehn and Geir Grung and received the Houen Fund diploma (Houens fonds diplom) in 1961, an important Norwegian architectural award. According to the Nynorsk Wikipedia entry, it was a very large nursing and old-age home. In 2005 its capacity included two sheltered units with 12 residents each, one strengthened sheltered unit with 8 residents, one nursing-home department with 30 residents, one nursing-home department with 17 residents plus one sheltered unit with 8 residents, a day centre for people with dementia with 10 places per day, and an ordinary day centre with 30 places per day. The entry notes that the institution was under reconstruction around 2006. Over time the institution has been reorganised and is now presented by the Municipality of Oslo as Økernhjemmet, a municipal long-term care home (langtidshjem) with 55 places for people with a dementia condition. The places are divided between two departments, Øst and Vest, each with four care groups, arranged around closed atrium gardens. The current official description also lists 52 day-centre places, of which 17 are adapted for people with dementia, and a range of services including a café, hair salon, foot care, gym, church services with Tonsen parish, a therapy dog through Dyreassisterte Tjenester, and the monthly restaurant Økern Spiseri. The home is owned and run by Oslo kommune within Bydel Bjerke, and it maintains a Facebook page, a brochure, an activity plan and published quality reports.

• 2006

  The institution was under reconstruction.

• 2005

  The institution had two sheltered units with 12 residents each, one strengthened sheltered unit with 8 residents, a 30-resident nursing-home department, a 17-resident nursing-home department plus an 8-resident sheltered unit, a dementia day centre with 10 places per day, and an ordinary day centre with 30 places per day.

• 1961

  The building, designed by architects Sverre Fehn and Geir Grung, received the Houen Fund diploma (Houens fonds diplom).

Municipal long-term care home specialising in dementia care, with extensive on-site therapeutic, cultural and dining amenities.

• Long-term dementia care places

  55 places for people with a dementia condition, divided between departments Øst and Vest, each with four care groups.

• Day-centre places

  52 day-centre places, of which 17 are adapted for people with dementia.

• Økern Spiseri restaurant

  The home's own restaurant opens once a month, where residents can book a table for themselves and their guests and enjoy a three-course dinner with drinks.

• Atrium gardens

  Each department is arranged around a closed atrium garden with plantings, seating groups, water features, a carp pond and rabbits.

1. 1Økernhjemmet - Sykehjem, helsehus og dagsentre - Oslo kommuneoslo.kommune.no
2. 2Økernhjemmet - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Økern alders- og sykehjem - Wikipedia (Nynorsk)nn.wikipedia.org