Symposium on Geriatric Care

On the 26th of June - Health Care Program of Caritas Georgia and Freiburg Catholic University of Applied Sciences organized a symposium dedicated to the topic of "Nursing Management of the of Geriatric Patients` problems”.

Participants were welcomed by the Manager of Caritas Georgia Health Care Program Gaioz Kubaneishvili  and Vice-Chancellor of Freiburg Catholic Universit, Professor Dr. Cornelia Kricheldorff.

Participants of the event were teachers of Medical Colleges of Georgia.  Professors of Freiburg Catholic University made presentations and talked about the innovations in the field of assessment of health status, treatment and care of geriatric patients.

Professor Dr. Cornelia Kricheldorff, Dr. Bernhard Heimbach and Dr. Ines Himmelsbach discussed the topic of the multidisciplinary approach to geriatric patient care and clarified age-related diseases.

After the presentation, a discussion was held and the representatives of Georgian medical colleges had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss various health conditions of geriatric patients with German guests.

Symposium ended with a Georgian Dance, performed by the Children of Caritas Georgia Day Care Center. After the event participants had a possibility to visit different projects of Caritas Georgia and get information about their activities.