Integrated geriatric care aimed at supporting the functional status of seniors with polymorbidity: project GeriPRO

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Authors: Hana Vaňková ¹; Milena Bretšnajdrová ²; Dana Hrnčiariková ³; Věra Mikulecká ⁴; Ingrid Rýznarová ⁵; Zuzana Šnajdrová ⁶; Eva Topinková ⁷; Zuzana Valešová ⁸; Martina Hejdová ⁹; Blanka Kavková ⁹; Zbyněk Machát ⁹; Venuše Škampová ⁹; Božena Jurašková ³
Authors‘ workplace: Interní klinika 3. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady Praha ¹; II. interní klinika gastroenterologická a geriatrická, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého, Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc ²; III. interní gerontometabolická klinika Lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, subkatedra geriatrie Lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králové ³; Oddělení následné péče, Krajská nemocnice Liberec ⁴; Geriatrické a doléčovací oddělení, Slezská nemocnice v Opavě, p. o. ⁵; Nemocnice Milosrdných sester sv. Karla Boromejského v Praze ⁶; Geriatrická klinika 1. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecné fakultní nemocnice v Praze ⁷; Geriatrické centrum, Nemocnice Pardubického kraje, a. s. ⁸; Ministerstvo zdravotnictví České republiky ⁹
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2026, 15, č. 1: 44-45
Category: Project
doi: https://doi.org/10.61568/geri/50-6703/20260311/143078

Overview

Project Integrated geriatric care aimed at supporting the functional status of seniors with polymorbidity (GeriPRO) was launched in 2025. The project is based on and builds upon the National Plan for the Development of Geriatric Care in the Czech Republic until 2035. The main objective of the project is to increase the availability of geriatric services, especially geriatric ambulances, and to contribute to the quality of geriatric care.

Keywords:

geriatrics – functional status – National Plan for the Development of Geriatric Care in the Czech Republic

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