[Tasks and possibilities for the general practitioner in the rehabilitation of senior citizens].
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The authors present a survey of the preparations for active retirement in the socialist society. They report on a model experiment carried out in Schwerin county and its results on the health, mental and social conditions of the participating persons approaching pensionable age.
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The author reports on important improvements of the situation in the homes for aged people and in nursing homes in the district of Schwerin after the VIII. party rally and gives workmethodical directions for registration of the situation by inspections of homes for aged people and nursing homes.
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Besides the advances of physiology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology, operative technique affect above all a well balanced nursing in the unit of care, mobilization and prophylaxis positive on the prognosis after surgical operations in the higher age. The demographic development clearly demonstrate the increasing of geriatric surgery in the following years. These pieces of work represent relevant aspects of the surgical care by elderly people; the medical practice and education must take into consideration in these aspects.
The increase of older and oldest people explain the growing accident-frequency in household and traffic. From this it follows the priority of craniocerebral trauma. Pathological and normal aging beyond the seventy years show anomalies in symptomatology and clinical course as against young people. This research paper represent important aspects of epidemiology, anamnesis, clinic and examination-algorithm after craniocerebral trauma by senile patients.
Entering the age of retirement means a threshold situation affecting various relations in the living-conditions, medical provision not excluded. Based upon the WHO-authorizised concept of classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps (ICIDH), disability status was checked up in 62 male and 113 female at the age of 65 respectively 60 years, the trial forming the respondents rate out of a population total of 179 persons reaching the age of retirement within a one year's space at a district town in the north part of GDR. Medical provision in this context was analysed.
The objective of intervention is to produce an improved state of physical, psychological, and sociological well-being. To reach this state a complex therapeutic program is required that offers the best of pharmacotherapy, nutrition, occupational and activity therapies, and the advice of specialists during the course of therapy. Consultations with the patients' family-doctors are also important. The practice of geriatrics will be improved when we include its special considerations in our school curriculum .
This report includes empirical findings of a questionnaire based survey in which several aspects of health status of older proposer for relocation to old-age institutions (N = 1281) in district of Schwerin were examined. In addition this contribution represents a perspective of social gerontological discussion on concepts of health and illness. Some implications of this perspective for further research and practice are described in short statements at the end of the contribution.