What is the Meaning & Definition of geriatric
When people advance in age, health becomes much more fragile, from the physical and up to the psychic, will require many times care special and very precise that sometimes family is unable to provide or you can not do this.
On the other hand, it may happen that the older adult is only, then, decides to enter an institution of this type which will guarantee you a care and attention dedicated 24 hours a day.
Also known as retirement, stay or geriatric residency, the Geriatric Center, much of the time become the solution of many individuals when they become dependent as a result of a disease or any other complications, suffering from and which also do not have the possibility of being cared for or treated in their homes and their families.
On the other hand, it is also a reality in many cases prescribed by the doctor at the nursing home as the place in which the adult patient must remain by your health and your safety, something that often cannot be achieved in the patient's home if it is that this does not have suitable staff dedicated to their care.
Usually, the nursing work in spacious one, two, or more houses flats, which are specially adapted to the needs of older persons with mobility difficulty, for example. From the baths, passing through the rooms and common places in which grandparents gather to eat and relax, they have special features so the grandfather can act with greater naturalness.
Also, they have a staff of nurses or nurses, which take turns to offer the elderly care and care 24 hours a day.
Meanwhile, they will work alongside and under the directions that the physician or physicians responsible for the health of the internees established.
There are public, private, with more and less benefits and amenities, although all concerned fulfil the double objective of its existence which is to provide care and assistance to patients 24 hours and encourage the development of their physical, cognitive, mental and emotional faculties.
And on the other hand, the geriatric term is used to refer to all things relative owned or Geriatrics (part of medicine that deals with the study of old age and its disorders).
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