Scientific Activity

Contacts for the Scientific Activity Area:

Dr. Borsani Valeria< /span>, Nurse Responsible for Training and Research

Cell: 342 5085514
borsani@fondazionemaddalenagrassi.it

To achieve its institutional goals, the Foundation aims, among many activities, to “carry out documentation and support activities for its own activity and in the field of healthcare in general, as well as supporting and promoting research activities always in the healthcare sector, and in particular in that of home care, with particular regard to the study and experimentation of new care techniques, the development of pharmaceutical protocols, the identification and evaluation of new training methods ” (Statute, art.2 c).

For this reason the Foundation has always sought the most suitable channels to develop the Scientific Activity Area. In particular, since 2020 an operational figure has been established dedicated to the development of the fields of Training and Research.

The objectives pursued by the Scientific Activity Area are:

Improve care practices based on EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) and EBN (Evidence Based Nursing) and strengthen the drafting of internal protocols and procedures based on evidence;
Support the training of staff;
Disseminate the results of research through participation in conferences and scientific publications;
Start doctoral courses, master’s theses, university theses that can lead to collaborations with healthcare institutions and professionals.

Currently the Scientific Activity Area is developed in three areas:

Research projects

developed independently or in collaboration with other bodies;

Publications

participation in conferences and congresses, scientific articles

Collaborations

relations with universities and professional training institutions

Research projects

The Foundation assists a large number of people, within different areas of care and is divided into a structured organization.

The research activity allows us to :

give weight and meaning to the numbers that describe reality (quantitative research) ;
study people’s experiences in depth (qualitative research);
find solutions to assistance problems (targeted research);
increase knowledge in certain areas (innovative research);

Since 2020, projects have been carried out that they originated from ideas of the Foundation’s operators and which respond to needs arising from daily activity. The projects were developed and implemented on its own.

The Foundation aims to develop new projects, especially in collaboration with other research bodies (IRCCS, Universities, other bodies involved in residential or home care… ).

SLA Project

Title: ALS Project

Purpose: implement a home care model suitable for the specificities of patients suffering from ALS.

Duration: 2020-2022.

Resources: internal.

Notes: Correlation with Dr.’s PhD. Luca Guido (FMG doctor of UCP-Dom) with the University of Pavia (PhD IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES – DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES UNIT OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY).

Pressure Injuries Project

Title: A monitoring system for the management of pressure injuries at home: prospective observational cohort study within a Home Care Provider.

Purpose: The main objective of the study is to build a monitoring system for the home management of pressure ulcers by the FMG ADI service and to evaluate its quality through the identification of specific outcomes.

The secondary objective is to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the management of pressure ulcers at home by the FMG ADI service and to stabilize its periodic monitoring through the developed system.< /p>

Duration: September 2021- April 2022.

Resources: internal.

Note: the results of this project will be exploited for the construction of internal tools to FMG useful for the treatment of skin lesions.

Publications

The scientific publications – in the form of articles, contributions presented at conferences and congresses, Master’s and doctoral theses relating to the Foundation’s activities – have as their objective:

to make the scientific community aware of the characteristics of our healthcare settings;
disclose the results obtained from our research activity;
create opportunities for contact and collaboration with other bodies, with the aim of contributing to the progress of research scientific in various fields, in particular that of home care.

Articles and contributions presented at conferences and congresses

2024

Borsani, F. Pellegatta, O. Sironi, A PATH TO IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SKIN WOUNDS AT HOME: ACCREDITED TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL TOOLS CREATED IN A NURSING TEAM, abstract accepted for the XIII AISLEC National Congress, Padua 17-19 October 2024.

A QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRESSURE INJURIES AT HOME< /strong> – Prospective observational cohort study within a Home Care Management Body, paper relating to the 2022 Pressure Injuries Project – in the writing phase, publication expected in 2024

2023

Pellegatta, V. Borsani, A. Salomone, A. Landolfi, L. Romoli, G. Romito, A. Bait, O. Sironi, THE TREATMENT OF PRESSURE INJURIES AT HOME, BETWEEN LAW AND PECULIARITIES. A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY WITHIN A HOME CARE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTION, abstract and poster, XVII AIUC National Congress, Turin 11-14 October 2023, Book of proceedings pag. 6-9.

Borsani, O. Sironi, L. Aicardi, A. Izzo, ACCREDITED TEAM TRAINING: A METHOD TO SUPPORT WELFARE COMPLEXITY, abstract e-presentation, SICP National Congress 2023, abstract book, page. 298-300.

S. Piscopo, V. Borsani, O. Sironi edited by, ALS: NOTES FROM AN EXPERIENCE OF CARE, self-published (La Memoria del Mondo).

2022

Izzo, O. Sironi, V. Borsani, HOW TO SUPPORT HOME HOME CARE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN THE ACTIVATION OF SERVICES FOR PATIENTS IN ADI AND UCP-DOM, abstract and presentation oral, SICP National Congress 2022, abstract book, pag. 95-96.

2021

Borsani, S. Piscopo, L. Guido, O. Sironi, A. Mainini, A MODEL OF HOME CARE FOR ALS PATIENTS: ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY PERCEIVED BY PATIENTS AND OPERATORS, SICP National Congress 2021, abstract book, pages 237-238.

Sironi, A. Mainini, V. Borsani, SPECIALIST HOME CONSULTING FOR PALLIATIVE CARE AND NETWORK STRATEGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX AND FRAGILE SICKNESSES, SICP National Congress 2021, abstract book, pages 268-269.

Borsani, S. Piscopo, L. Guido, O. Sironi, A. Mainini, AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: A HOME HEALTHCARE MODEL, WCN 2021 XXV World Congress of Neurology, Virtual October 3-7 2021, poster with e-presentation.

2020

Borsani, L. Guido, S. Piscopo, O. Sironi, A. Mainini, A HOME CARE MODEL FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, Virtual SICP National Congress 2020, abstract book, pages 253-254.

Sironi, A. Mainini, V. Borsani, SPECIALIST HOME CONSULTANCY AS AN ACCESS STRATEGY EARLY PALLIATIVE CARE, Virtual SICP National Congress 2020, abstract book, page 233.

2019

Ottonello, C. Tognoni, E. A. Preti, P. Elli, THE MEASUREMENT OF PAIN IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITY IN HOME CARE, ACP notebooks (Cultural Association of Pediatricians), Year 2019, Volume 26, No. 1, Pages 25-29.

Master’s and Doctoral theses relating to the Foundation’s activities

Level I Master in MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION FUNCTIONS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Bait, La valutazione del personale: il nuovo schema di valutazione del personale della Fondazione Maddalena Grassi, A.A. 2018/2019 (Unitelma Sapienza).
Curci, Case Management e Assistenza Domiciliare Integrata: il progetto in Fondazione Maddalena Grassi e i risultati ottenuti, A.A. 2017/2018 (Università LUM).
T.M.N. Dao, Il modello di case management applicato al servizio di riabilitazione della Fondazione Maddalena Grassi, A.A. 2019/2020 (Università LUM).
Borsani, Prendere in carico la salute della persona: un centro per il coordinamento tra servizi sociali e sanitari nella città di Milano, A.A. 2017/2018 (Unitelma Sapienza).
Tirloni, Gestione delle risorse umane: una buona leadership e una buona gestione delle risorse umane danno un miglioramento della qualità assistenziale? A.A. 2016/2017 (Unitelma Sapienza).
Berberi, La gestione delle risorse umane: Analisi e implementazione di un sistema informatizzato nella gestione del personale in ADI nella Fondazione Maddalena Grassi, A.A. 2017/2018 (Unitelma Sapienza).

Level I Master in MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION FUNCTIONS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

S. Berberi, Il ruolo della formazione a distanza nel sistema dell’Assistenza Domiciliare Integrata ai tempi del COVID-19, A.A. 2019/2020 (Unitelma Sapienza).

PhD IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES UNIT OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

L. Guido, Il percorso delle cure palliative domiciliari del paziente affetto da malattie degenerative del sistema nervoso centrale in fase avanzata di malattia, A.A. 2022/2023 (Università di Pavia).

Collaborations

RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

The Foundation has always considered it of great importance to cultivate relationships with universities and professional training institutions. For this reason, it offers its facilities as an internship location for students attending bachelor’s, master’s and professional training courses.

These internships have the aim of:

make our care activities, especially home care, known to professionals in training;
create research opportunities through the development of bachelor’s or master’s theses;
enhance internal operators to the Foundation who give availability to follow the students as internship assistants.

The Foundation operators also make themselves available to teach in elective courses and lessons in the offices of the affiliated universities and training institutions.

Below are the agreements with institutions and universities currently in force: