A geriatricis an institution made up of doctors and nurses that deals exclusively with the care and treatment of elderly individuals.
When people advance in age, their state of health becomes much more fragile, from the physical to the mental, it will often require special and very precise care that sometimes the family cannot or cannot provide.
On the other hand, it may happen that the older adult is alone, then, he decides to enter an institution of this type that will guarantee him dedicated care and attention 24 hours a day.
Also known as Retreat Center, Stay or Geriatric Residence, nursing homes, many of the times become the solution of many individuals when they become dependent as a result of an illness or any other complication they suffer and who also do not have the possibility of being cared for or treated at home and by their relatives.
On the other hand, it is also a reality in many cases that the doctor prescribes the nursing home as the place in which the adult patient must stay for their health and safety, something that many times cannot be achieved in the patient's home if at all. This does not have suitable personnel dedicated to their care.
Generally, nursing homes work in large houses, with one, two, or more floors, which are specially adapted to the requirements of elderly people with mobility difficulties, for example. From the bathrooms, through the bedrooms and the common places where grandparents gather to eat and relax, they have special features so that the grandfather can function as naturally as possible.
Likewise, they have a staff of nurses, who will take turns to be able to offer care and care to the elderly 24 hours a day.
Meanwhile, they will work at the same time and under the indications established by the doctor or doctors in charge of the health of the internees.
There are public, private, with more and less benefits and comforts, although all of them are in charge of fulfilling the double objective of their existence, which is to provide care and assistance to patients 24 hours a day and to promote the development of their physical, cognitive and mental faculties. and emotional.
And on the other hand, the term geriatric is used to refer to everything relative or proper to geriatrics (part of medicine that deals with the study of old age and its disorders).
