Short-and Long-Term Care Center for the Elderly

Short-and Long-Term Care Center for the Elderly

Kluaynamthai 2 Geriatric Hospital (the Hospital for the Elderly) provides short-and long-term care for the elderly requiring physical rehabilitation, treatments for chronic diseases, dementia and Alzheimer’s and care after retirement. The hospital offers healthcare services and a variety of activities to the elderly, so that they can have good quality of life, be happy and reduce their relative’s anxiety.

Short-Term Care of the Elderly

The care is provided for the elderly for 4-6 weeks by classifying it into programs, including treatment program, rehabilitation program and program supporting some activities of daily living. When the elderly gets better, they can return home. Otherwise, the elderly can stay in the center when their relatives cannot take care of them during festivals and holidays like New Year, Songkran or caregivers’ days off.

Long-Term Care of the Elderly

The care is provided for the elderly who cannot perform their activities of daily living, or who do not want to stay home, as their health conditions are vulnerable to accidents, or whose relatives cannot take care of them. The elderly patients often stay in the hospital for a long time, and these elderly patients consist of Alzheimer’s patients, Parkinson’s patients, stroke patients, etc. In addition, the elderly with difficulties caused from chronic diseases must be monitored for drug administration and assistance in activities of daily living.

Treatment and Care Quality and Standard

Kluaynamthai 2 Geriatric Hospital (the Hospital for the Elderly) has earned JCI’s accreditation standards for long-term care. It is the first hospital in Thailand and the ASEAN countries and the 29th hospital in the world that has been awarded JCI’s accreditation.

Physicians and Multidisciplinary Team Members

Kluaynamthai 2 Geriatric Hospital (the Hospital for the Elderly) has teams of physicians and nurses available 24 hours. The professionals include physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists and medical technologists, and these professionals are licensed and qualified as required by JCI’s accreditation standards. Kluaynamthai 2 Geriatric Hospital also has specialists and consultants available for services comprising.

  • Neurologists
  • Internal Medicine
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Forensic Medicine