Information for interested parties and family members

 

Characteristics

The day care center for seniors is an outpatient therapeutic workplace of the Psychiatric Clinic of the General Hospital in Prague, providing care for seniors with mental disorders in order to maintain their quality of life, while also providing relief to families.

The mission of the day care center is to provide these people with professional social services, help them maintain a sense of self-worth and dignity, support their self-sufficiency, and activate them so that their natural rhythm of day and night is restored.

 

Target group

The target group is seniors with various psychological difficulties (e.g. memory impairment), people with disabilities who require the help of another person, whose health condition is stabilized. The decision to admit an applicant to the inpatient facility is made by a doctor.

Medicinal products are taken by the client himself according to the recommendation of his outpatient psychiatrist.

 

Services offered

An activation program formed in the form of groups, which include the following activities: memory training, canistherapy, psychoeducation, creative techniques, occupational therapy, music therapy, social events, social games, intergenerational meetings, fitness exercises, walks in the local area, social counseling.

 

Contraindications to hospital admission

• acute psychotic state, behavioral disorders in dementia
• alcohol and drug abuse
• immobility, poor health

 

How to proceed if you are interested in attending the inpatient facility

Clients are admitted to the day care center based on an initial interview with a doctor, which must be arranged in advance by calling 224,965,332Bring a report on the client's health status from a general practitioner or other specialists to the interview.

 

Day care center rules

• The day care center is open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m
• The daily fee for lunch is CZK 55
• Excuses from the program are best made a day in advance by phone or e-mail
• We turn off the phone during ongoing activities

 

Contact:

DS Karlíkov

VFN Psychiatric Clinic in Prague, Ke Karlovu 11, 128 08 Prague 2

Tel. 224 965 332, 224 965 356

e-mail: dskarlikov@vfn.cz