Nursing professionals also help those in need of long-term care, the number of whom is increasing Long-term care is a form of care provided to people in need of assistance in everyday activities due to old age, chronic illness, accident or decline of cognitive abilities.
Medicinske sestre pomagajo tudi osebam, ki potrebujejo dolgotrajno oskrbo, in število takih oseb je vsako leto višje Dolgotrajna oskrba je oblika nege, ki se zagotovi nekomu, ki zaradi visoke starosti, kroničnih boleznih, nesreče, upada kognitivnih sposobnosti potrebuje pomoč pri vsakdanjih življenjskih aktivnostih.