Geriatrics and Aftercare Department

The Geriatrics and Aftercare Department has a total of 70 beds on 2 units

• The rooms have 3 beds; every 2 rooms share bathroom facilities.
• 3 beds are premium.
• Patients are cared for by a total of 46 staff, including 5 doctors.
• OGNP provides medical, nursing and rehabilitation care.
• We admit patients mostly over 65 years of age from the entire Vysočina Region.
• We treat long-term chronic diseases leading to loss of self-sufficiency and provide comprehensive rehabilitation treatment to older patients after injuries, with musculoskeletal disorders, after orthopaedic surgery or after strokes.
• We place great emphasis on geriatric rehabilitation and patient activation.
• On the ground floor of the building there is an occupational therapy room for patients, including a training kitchen.
• Due to the growing number of patients with dementia, we have introduced activation programmes for these patients, especially memory training, which takes place twice a week.
• We offer respite hospitalisation.
• We are currently improving the quality of care for our patients through cooperation with volunteers.
• OGNP is an accredited centre for geriatrics and long-term care medicine.

Price list

• Price of accommodation in a premium single room CZK 300/day.
• Price of accommodation in a premium two-bed room CZK 165/day.
• Medical report on a person’s state of health prepared on the basis of medical records CZK 260/report.
• Price of accommodation for a person without indication for hospitalisation = extension of hospitalisation at own request with meals 3 times a day CZK 450/day.
• Price of accommodation for a person without indication for hospitalisation = extension of hospitalisation at own request without meals CZK 320/day.
• Price of a single room on the ward CZK 150/day.
• Fee for a patient's companion, including meals: 450 Kč/day.
• Price of accompanying a patient without meals 330 CZK a day.
• Stay in a social bed with meals 505 CZK a day.
• Haircut 100 Kč.
• Pedicure 450 Kč.

Palliative care station

• Price of a bed in the palliative unit CZK 350/day.

Rehabilitace na OGNP

• We provide our patients with specialist rehabilitation after surgery, joint replacements and strokes, and we cooperate with prosthetists in gait training with a prosthesis after limb loss.
• Patients with reduced mobility and deconditioning syndrome benefit from overall geriatric activation, including daily fitness exercises.
• We have 2 gyms equipped with an adjustable bed, wall bars, MOTOmed exercise devices, a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine and a Vasotrain vacuum compression therapy device.
• Patients use a wide range of rehabilitation aids to regain their self-sufficiency.
• Our patients are cared for in the rehabilitation section by a total of 6 staff, who also train family members before the patient is discharged into home care.
  

Occupational therapy

• Occupational therapy on the ground floor of the OGNP building serves inpatients as a further part of rehabilitation.
• Under the guidance of therapist Lenka Musilová, patients can, according to their interests, make handicrafts and small gifts for family members or create decorations for the department. Occupational therapy also serves as a day room where patients can read, watch television or films.
• We have an equipped training kitchen where, in particular, women can regain skills needed at home.
• Other regular activities include cooking, music therapy, dog visits and performances by nursery school children.
• During long-term hospitalisation, activating patients is very much needed; occupational therapy activities help patients not only to forget about their illnesses but also lead to an overall recovery of self-sufficiency.
• In the summer months, our patients can use the outdoor area under a covered awning with raised flower beds.
• As part of occupational therapy, cognitive training is held twice a week for patients with dementia and mental disorders.
  

Geriatric clinic 

It is intended for patients aged 65 and over, mainly those with chronic diseases. We mainly deal with memory disorders, dementia diagnosis, and treatment.

We have introduced an educational counselling service for Alzheimer’s dementia. It is intended for patients and their relatives. Together we will create a training plan to develop brain activity for the individual patient. The boundary between physiological memory decline and already pathological forgetfulness is very fine. Recognising in time the onset of symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia is a task for a geriatrician, neurologist or psychiatrist. If you or someone close to you answers YES to the following questions, it is high time to contact a specialist.

• Have you noticed a decline in your memory or that of your loved ones, especially when it comes to new events?
• Do you forget the names of family members or acquaintances?
• Are you having trouble finding your way around, unable to find the familiar route home or to the store?
• Do you find it difficult to find words for familiar expressions, so you resort to descriptions?
• Do you put things in unfamiliar places and then have trouble finding them?
• Is memory impairment beginning to affect your daily life?

Social counselling

The health and social worker helps patients deal with social issues related to changes in their state of health.
At OGNP, they specifically handle:

• Payment of pensions from the hospital cash office.
• Provides information on benefits, care services and social services.
• Contacts home care agencies to follow up on hospital care.
• Processes applications to social care institutions or other facilities.
• Cooperates with the Intervention Centre of the Vysočina Region in cases of domestic violence, e.g. when abuse of older people is detected.
• Arranges payments and small purchases for older people living alone.
• Arranges pedicure, hairdressing and barber services.

The health and social worker has an office on the ground floor of the OGNP building, telephone: +420 567 157 842

Volunteering

Since 2011, which was declared the European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship, our department has also supported this worthwhile activity and is looking for more suitable volunteers to work with older people.

A volunteer is an important link between the patient and the outside world. They can read to the patient, accompany them on walks or simply listen to them. Volunteer activities help improve the overall atmosphere in our facility.

Our volunteers also include a specially trained dog, Scooty, who was the first to take part in canine therapy and now, together with other dogs, visits patients in their rooms and in occupational therapy.

We are successfully developing volunteering. We are visited by individuals, students from schools and volunteers from organisations such as Centrum pro rodinu and Domácí hospic Vysočina.

You can contact the OGNP volunteer coordinator by telephone: +420 703 847 244