CARE LEVELS

Health care for the elderly is from primary care, general hospital and geriatric unit.

Within these we will talk about the focus on specialized care.

These are units which caters exclusively to geriatric patients are divided into:

1. Medium-stay units. Restoring functional medical procedures, trauma or surgical.
2. Units for chronic patients or residences. Elderly with chronic deterioration of functional capacity, which can not be kept at home.
3. Geriatric day hospitals. Fragile patient care or nursing home.

Medium-stay units aim to get patients to recover some or all of your new business to perform activities of daily living.

The nurse in these units performs a function but also teaching assistance.

Numerous studies have observed improvements in patients who have gone through these units, such as: improved sleep, behavioral, drug reduction.

So it is important to establish the nursing care plan individualized, ongoing evaluation and development of interventions for both the patient and the family. Since it is very important to involve the family to assist in the recovery process of the patient.

These units must be used in a timely manner, because we can not get to the elderly is continually entering these, which is somewhat difficult for regular relapses in these patients. It is therefore important to make a good health education to the patient and caregiver.

Bibliography:

1. SEPAD. Unidades de Media Estancia. Gobierno de Extremadura. Consejería de Salud y Política Social. [acceso 8 de Mayo de 2012]. Disponible en: http://www.sepad.es/las-personas/trastornos-mentales-graves/unidades-de-media-estancia