Geriatrics Department

Head of the Geriatric Department       

Dr. Artool Rimon

 

Head Nurse

Levy Osnat

 [email protected]

 

Nurse Station

 972-8-6665877     972-8-6663511  972-8-6663642

 

Senior Physician

Dr. Pozilov Galina

 

Secretary

Weiss Kochi

 972-6663767    972-8-6745670

 

Location

1st floor Building No 100

 

Physicians' round

09:30-12:30

 

Visiting hours

12:00-13:30      17:00-20:00  (In summer till 21:00)

 

Information to patients and their relatives

15:00-16:00                    

 

Description of the department and activity

The geriatric department has been renewed .

The 36-beds geriatric department is specially designed to meet the multiple needs of the geriatric population over 65 years of age. Most of these patients suffer from multiple chronic diseases and are in need of a multi-disciplinary team who can take care of the patient conditions: physical, functional, psychological and social.

Patients are admitted directly from the emergency department or transferred from other departments. Beside treatment of the medical problem, patients get assessment of their functional and cognitive abilities in order to have the patient return to his basic state. This assessment is done on a multi-professional meeting including physiotherapist, social worker, occupational therapist and nutritionist. In certain cases, and after having informed consent from the patient and/or his custodian.

 

Academic Activity

The Scientific Council of the Israel Medical Association and the Ministry of Health authorized the Geriatric department for full residency program in geriatric medicine. The department serves also as a place for training of caregivers.

 

Special services

 

Re'ut Eshel Information Center

Re'ut Eshel information center is operated by the head of the Barzilai Geriatric department, Dr. Artool Rimon, and the social worker of the Ashkelon Health District Bureau. Here, the elderly gets consultations about his rights and services that he deserves.

 972-8-6745035  972-8-6745986     972-8-6745035

 

"Visiting the Elderly" Project

A group of Russian speaking volunteers from the Barzilai medical center visit regularly lonely senior citizens admitted to the different departments in order to support them and follow them after discharge.

 and 972-8-6745035

 

Community Outreaching

The multi-disciplinary team of the geriatric department keeps close contact with the family physicians of the patients, and with the medical teams of the nursing homes in Ashkelon area. Patients who are fit for rehabilitation are sent to rehabilitation centers.

The social workers of the geriatric department are in constant touch with the local social security bureau for the elderly in order to help him to get all his rights: nursing allowance, old age pension, and other rights.