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Active ageing of the elderly in residential long term care institutions

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NURSING AND REHABILITATION<br />

Tak<strong>in</strong>g medications<br />

Procedures<br />

Prevention (pressure sores, falls, sleep disorders and o<strong>the</strong>r)<br />

Teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Consultation<br />

Rehabilitation (rehabilitation programs were developed for<br />

frail <strong>elderly</strong>, adapted to <strong>the</strong> specific needs)<br />

Occupational <strong>the</strong>rapists evaluate, treat, and consult<br />

with <strong>in</strong>dividuals whose abilities to cope with <strong>the</strong> tasks <strong>of</strong> everyday<br />

liv<strong>in</strong>g are threatened or impaired by physical illness or <strong>in</strong>jury,<br />

psychosocial disability<br />

Non traditional methods (aroma<strong>the</strong>rapy,<br />

physio<strong>the</strong>rapy, hydro<strong>the</strong>rapy and o<strong>the</strong>r)

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