Naslov
Uloga stalne gerontološke aktivnosti centra za gerontologiju u zaštiti zdravlja starijih ljudi
(The role of regular gerontologic activities of the centre for gerontology in health care of older people)

Autori
Perko, Goran ; Puljak, Ana ; Mihok, Diana ; Radašević, Hrvoje ; Tomek-Roksandić, Spomenka ; Čulig, Josip

Izvornik
Acta medica Austriaca (0303-8173) 31 (2004), Suppl.1;

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
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Sažetak
Implementation of regular gerontologic activities of the National Center for Gerontology of the Zagreb Institute of Public Health is carried out through the following areas: 1. Follows, studies, evaluates, supervises, reports and plans projection of the future health needs and functional disabilities of the elderly for institutional and noninstitutional health care in the city of Zagreb and counties of Croatia. 2. Offers professional and methodological help, coordinates, supervises and executes instruction and education for managers of health protection of the elderly and follow up of health needs of geriatric insurers. 3. Actively participates, suggests, evaluates, reports on specific qualities of implementation of total and individual Programs of health measures and procedures in health protection of the elderly. as well as in implementation of the Program of basic preventive health measures of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention for the elderly defined through professional and methodological Basic coverage of application of preventive measures for aimed vulnerable groups of the elderly ; 4. Actively participates and performs scientific-research and publicist gerontological activities. Application of the regular gerontologic activity of the Center for Gerontology in Croatia enables application and evaluation of the Program of health measures and procedures in health care of the elderly with evaluated application of the Program of primary, secondary and tertiary health prevention for the elderly, defined nomenclature, standards and algorithms of health procedures for geriatric patients with adequate network of geriatric health care and rational geriatric health expenditures. Within four areas of regular gerontological activities scientific research the Ministry of Science and Technology conducts project “ Register of health needs of the elderly for institutional care” in the area of biomedical sciences. The aim of this Program is to form the Register of health needs of the elderly for institutional care according to counties in Croatia. It will be the basis for adequate solving of the problems in preventive health care of old sick people and their needs for institutional as well as outinstitutional care.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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