A geriatric hospital is a multidisciplinary medical institution designed to provide care to elderly and senile patients. These patients have specific health care needs that cannot always be met in conventional hospitals.
Geriatric hospitals usually specialize in treating age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia and other age-related changes in the body. They may also provide care services for older adults, including assistance with daily tasks, home care, medical support, and psychological support.
For elderly patients, it is important that the hospital is equipped with special medical devices and equipment, such as blood pressure machines, heart rate monitors, and blood sugar monitoring systems. In addition, the hospital should have specialists who know how to work with elderly patients and can provide them with an individual approach.
In addition, geriatric hospitals must have a good communication system with other health care facilities to provide more effective treatment and care to patients. This may include collaboration with doctors from other specialties, such as cardiologists, endocrinologists and neurologists.
The hospital inpatient unit has a comprehensive approach to the treatment of elderly patients. This institution provides qualified medical care to elderly people, as well as their family members. The geriatric hospital offers a whole range of services to pensioners. It is also possible to provide outpatient care to elderly patients. Outpatient and inpatient care are two options for providing medical care in this medical institution. Multidisciplinary or specialized. Highly qualified staff in the field of geriatrics allows for effective treatment of older people. Each patient is under constant supervision of experienced health workers. Geriatric departments of hospitals are the most important structural components of the medical complex of a medical institution. The department includes the following chambers:
1. Inpatient 2. Intensive care units 3. Cardiology room 4. Physiotherapeutic room 5. Residential and manipulation rooms 6. Functional and diagnostic studies 7. Treatment room 8. Laboratory 9. Department for inpatient treatment after surgery 10. Infectious diseases department In addition, in the hospital and departments can conduct forensic medical examinations, consultations with narrow specialists (dermatologists, phthisiatricians) and sanitary educational work. In the hospital you can get advice from such specialists as: endocrinologist; ophthalmologist; gastroenterologist; rheumatologist; cardiologist; otorhinolaryngologist; phthisiatrician; neurologist; hematologist; urologist. In addition to the basic list of services, you can seek advice from specialists in the profile of the disease. Each geriatric hospital department is equipped with modern equipment for diagnosing and treating serious diseases. Surgeons use the latest generation medical equipment:
· Equipment for endoscopic operations · Ultrasound machines · Complex of laboratory tests · Rigid bronchoscopes for diagnosing lung cancer · Electrocardiographs, electromyographs
Most geriatric departments have a common diagnostic center with magnetic resonance and computed tomography scanners, which allow visualization of internal organs without damaging tissue, which reduces the risk of infection.