[Holistic promotion in the process of nursing care in a home nursing situation--an empirical case study].

This article presents results of an empirical test of the conceptual model of "holistic promotion in the process of nursing care" (Krohwinkel, 1991, 1992, 1993a, b, 1994) in a home care situation within an empirical case study. The results show that by an integrated assessment of the client's problems/needs and the systematic integration of his abilities and those of his primary related person, as well as the application of promoting methods of nursing in the nursing process, independence and well-being can be reached in "Activities and Existential Experiences of Living" (AEDL's). This independence/well-being leads also to a relief of the primary related person, his wife, and therefore contributes to the security of the home care situation.