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They are, in most cases, the five senses of the elderly.
The caregivers of nursing homes involved in octogenarians 24 hours a day.
Therefore, the geriatrics course offered by the Department of Women has exceeded expectations and even has a waiting list.
Knowing how to place a tube or how to treat one of the address one of the most common diseases in old age: Alzheimer's are two of the basic lessons that 32 women are learning in classes twice a week gives the nurse Lola à lamo .
The high demand for this course responds, according to à lamo growing population is older and not all families can take care of their elders, so that inmates in a residence or hire caregivers while they are working.
Most of the students had worked with older people.
The course of caring for older people s serves to consolidate knowledge and see if they are acting properly.
Also, the teacher has given some clues to try to retirees: Be patient with them, know how to identify if they have Alzheimer's or another disease or understand when they say nasty words or phrases is because of the disease, which are not themselves.
At first Women offer a course in January and March, however, many students were left without a place for the January and did not want to wait a few months to start working with the elderly.
For this reason, the council decided to provide the two courses together.
Nevertheless, there have been several open-and Women is considering providing another course again, although the mayor Clara Heredia is considering several dates, as the last quarter of the year.
The classes being offered in the multipurpose room of the Department of Women, in the morning, Monday through viernes.Además include practices in the nursing home of Santa Ana Circle of Care and residence.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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