Patients are « hardworking » if they are in bed as little as possible

The only center for geriatric medicine operating at UKC Ljubljana as part of the internal clinic on the third floor of the hospital, dr. Petra Draw, has a hospital department with 16 beds; The general outpatient clinic also operates within his framework. Sometimes, twice to three times a week, a geriatric outpatient clinic also worked, but since the epidemic when it had to be closed due to Covida-19, it no longer works because there was a lack of medical staff.

Slovenia is retarded compared to other developed countries in Geriatria. We would need at least 40 geriatricians. There are 16 beds in the department where they take care of acute geriatric treatment.

“Through treatment in a geriatric clinic, two weeks after discharge we were able to evaluate the patient’s involvement in treatment, treatment effectiveness, possibly side effects or complications, change in the needs or priorities of the individual, and adapt the therapy accordingly; Thus, we reduced the share of receptions, less than ten percent within 30 days of dismissal. This means that there were half less reception to the hospital in our country because we introduced a hearing in a geriatric clinic, « notes the head of the Geriatric Medicine Center Gregor Veninsekan internal medicine specialist.