Saudi Health, in cooperation with Health Holding Company, organised in early August a joint programme, to train non-geriatric health personnel how to deal with elderly patients.

 

The programme, which was jointly run between the Training and the Home Healthcare Departments within the ministry of Health, included lectures and workshops by geriatrics consultants, a Saudi Health release said.

 

Saudi Health indicated that the main goal behind this training was enabling medical staff to achieve age-friendly hospital certification. This entails training healthcare providers and providing geriatric-related equipment to facilitate services and achieve the highest patient and companion satisfaction.-- TradeArabia News Service