Working with elderly patients is challenging and rewarding. Patients age 65 years or older, which are hospitalized need special care and support. About 30% of elderly patient represents an acute care hospitalization and 50% of hospital expenditures. Different outcomes have significant medical, psychosocial and economic impact on individual patients and families as well. In healthcare system, the care of elderly patients must be approached within a specific knowledge. For that, we designed a specific traineeship on elderly patient care.
PROGRAM OF THE TRAINEESHIP (19.01.2020 – 02.02.2020)
1st Week:
- Make the patient/elderly sit on the edge of the bed
- Lifting the patient/elderly and make him/her walk
- Transfer the patient/elderly from bed to the chair/wheelchair
- Transfer the patient/elderly from chair/wheelchair to bed
- Transporting the patient or the elderly via stretcher
Weekend Cultural Activities
2nd Week:
- Making the patient/elderly sit on the bed
- Rotating sick/elderly while s/he lying on the bed
- Ortopnea positioning sick/elderly on the bed
- Moving the sick/elderly up and down on the bed
- Making the sick/elderly lying on his/her back while s/he tilts
Weekend Cultural Activities, Training Certificates and Return to Turkey
The program will take place in Vienna.
