Month: October 2011

Navarre approves a standard to eliminate the use of pylons in older residences.

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Navarra adopted a rule to eliminate the use of pylons in the residences of older.

CEOMA believes that it is one of the most cutting-edge in the world.

-The Decree regulates the use of physical and pharmacological pylons in the institutionalized elderly

-La Confederation believes that you open the door to this kind of practice reaching eradicated

Madrid, 2011-October the Government of Navarra has adopted a regulation that opens the door to lift the routine use of fasteners in the homes of older people. For the Spanish Confederation of older organizations (CEOMA) is a standards “ more avant-garde in the world, with the emphasis on the rights of persons who receive care in nursing homes and day centres, and establishing the bases to make a control of the use of such measures by the Administration ”.

The Decree approved by the Navarrese Executive, which develops the Foral law of social services, regulates the use of physical and pharmacological pylons in the institutionalized elderly. In the process of elaboration of this standard, the autonomous Government received advice from the program “ untie the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient ” of CEOMA.
In fact, the base document from which the aforementioned Decree was conceived was prepared by service quality and inspection of the Ministry of Social policy, equal, sport and youth, and the director of the program “ untie the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient ” of CEOMA, Antonio Burgess, who advised the technicians of the Department in its development and to analyse, collect and add the contributions that were made at the time.

According to Burgess, the rule opens the door to “ will remove the routine use of pylons and, therefore, coming to eradicate almost entirely, where society is informed of the negative effects of the physical pylons used on a daily basis and what it means the use for convenience, and not the greatest benefit of the older person, that he should not be restricted. With this law opens the door to reject that centres the pylons are used to manage the person with less effort ”.

In this sense, CEOMA considers that the legal text puts the emphasis on the rights of persons who receive care in nursing homes and day centres, establishing the bases to make a control by the administration of the use of the pylons. In addition to the physical pylons, the Decree regulates the use of railings which can be used with restrictive purposes, as well as the general use of psychotropic drugs, according to Burgess, which is especially problematic in the elderly.

“ Also incorporates the idea that a subject is a procedure that involves risks or disadvantages of clear and predictable negative impact on the health of the person, and the consequent obligation fulfilled in these cases the Basic Law on the autonomy of the patient and of rights and obligations in the field of information and clinical documentation ”, indicates the programme manager “ untie the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient ” of CEOMA.

The text provides a series of guarantees, as care center team is forced to evaluate comprehensively the need or not of the implementation of a subject and possible alternatives, prior to the prescription.

With the rules has taken into account the study of prevalence that took place in Navarra the program trigger to the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient. Fruit of the results of this analysis, were included in the social services Plan I of quality of Navarre measures to promote the rational use of natural and pharmacological, pylons including the adoption of the foral Decree.

For the purpose of carrying out these measures was signed an agreement of collaboration between CEOMA and the Department of Social Affairs by which, inter alia, CEOMA is forced through the director of the untying programme, to the advice of pylons, given his extensive knowledge about laws in the most advanced in other countries in this field and the evidence on the use of pylonsas well as the existence of centres free of pylons in Spain and in the world.

CEOMA view, the requirements imposed by this rule when implementing a subject must avoid this routine use and establish guarantees for the person object, that nowadays Navarra in a way very similar to the rest of Spain presents an average high of such practices use compared with other countries in our socio-cultural environment.

Untie the elderly and the sick man of alzheimer.

programme “ untie the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient ” is one demonstration of the commitment CEOMA maintains with the people who suffer from Alzheimer and with their families, was awarded the International Prize “ Prince of Viana customer dependency ” 2010, and its purpose is to support all schools who request and who want to work to rationalize the use of pylons or get credited as “ centre free of PYLONS ”.

CEOMA

The Spanish Confederation of older organizations (CEOMA) is an organization created non-profit for the defence of the rights of older persons. It represents more than one million members of Base and almost 1,500 associations and covers 40 organizations of elders of the various autonomous communities.

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Spain participates in the launch of EATRIS, a step forward in the effectiveness of biomedical research.

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Spain participates in the launch of EATRIS, a step forward in the effectiveness of research biomedical.

the ISCIII and the VHIR coordinate the Spanish representation in the new body European.

Barcelona, 2011-October EATRIS, the Pan-European network of infrastructures of translational research in medicine, was released yesterday officially with the participation of Spain, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark and Holland as key partners of the agreement which began to take shape in the embryonic stage 2007-2010 and to which are added three new countries in the last quarter 2011. Spanish participation is led in the institutional area by the Institute of health Carlos III (ISCIII), which made it official with the signing of its general director, José Jerónimo Navas palaces. On the scientific side, the Coordinator is the Vall d ’ Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) directed by Dr. Joan x. Comella.

Translational Research improves the effective translation of excellence in biomedical research to drugs, Diagnostics and medical devices. EATRIS provides a simple, centralized access to technology and capacity who reside in the best institutions and European companies and research groups to collaborate can expect more effective transfer of its fundamental scientific advances to specific products that directly benefit the patient and improve public health. Some of the key areas of research that touches EATRIS are the oncological, cardiovascular, metabolism, infectious diseases, Neurology and immunology research.

The VHIR is the scientific coordinator and will work directly in the first phase in the groups of advanced therapies and personalized medicine and biomarkers. It will coordinate the participation of 14 health research institutes accredited by the ISCIII, as well as 8 hospitals of excellence from the national health system – the largest clinical involvement of participating countries – and some of the best centres of excellence in basic research oriented.

“ Is a pride for the Hospital Universitario Vall d ’ Hebron and its Research Institute to scientifically coordinate a key project for the improvement of the health of citizens at the same time encourages us in the leadership of the international translational research ”, says Dr. Joan x. Comella, director of the VHIR.

The VHIR has been chosen to scientifically coordinate the Spanish participation by its established vocation in translational research and by having a full translational infrastructure in metolodogías such as genomics, proteomics and metabolomics, as well as having elements of ultrasecuenciación pointer in Spain.

Spain, also presented the candidacy of the VHIR to preside over the Committee of national scientific representatives of EATRIS which would be an important recognition for the country and the Centre in particular.

With the combination of the potentiality of Governments, biomedical centres and innovative companies, Europe can make a leap forward in biomedical research to improve results forecasts, diagnostic and treatment of patients. EATRIS is also a response to the global decline in productivity in the biopharmaceutical sector. “ Now is the time to undertake concerted and coordinated to the major challenges in health and productivity Europe’s ”, says Giovanni Migliaccio, scientific director of EATRIS. “ EATRIS is an important weapon in this joint effort, this consortium will improve the provision of medical care and will make the European biopharmaceutical sector more competitive and ready to respond to the needs of the public health sector ”.

While the pharmaceutical industry spends annually 60 thousand million euros in r & d of new drugs, there are still many outstanding challenges in health. Only 10% of the medicines in development, most for treatment of common diseases will come to the market, thus making new medicines on extremely expensive. In addition, even drugs that are approved are (in varying degrees) only effective in a small group of patients indicated proportion and therefore need a major change in which academics and industry to share facilities and experiences.

Coordination and support of EATRIS offices are on the campus of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Key objectives are to create a simple and unique access through the coordination of the Office platform and make infrastructure consortium are ready to respond to the projects. In 2012 the research pilot projects will be launched alongside EATRIS operations to support them.

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President WTO: “ethically mandatory is that doctors will rebel against the cuts if these undermine the quality of care”.

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“President OMC: “ ethically mandatory is that doctors will rebel against the cuts if these undermine the quality of care”.

IV National Congress of medical retirees.

Madrid, 2011-October the President of the WTO, Juan José Rodríguez Sendín, stated, at the opening of the IV National Congress of retired doctors which took place last Friday and Saturday in Barcelona, which considers “ unfair ” health cuts carried out in Catalonia that “ can undermine the quality of care to our patients ” and “ so – he said – is éautomatically binding to rebel against these cuts if these undermine the quality of care ”.

To the Chairman of the WTO, “ the current situation causes that the doctor feels trapped and disoriented, and even if we are going to continue to respond equally to citizens, with identical principles and commitments, it is necessary to denounce the situation ”.

“ Spanish doctors – said – that they are, of course, the worst paid in the EU-15 and health expenditure on staff has fallen by 14 percentage points in recent decades, which has no equal in any of the countries around us, we do not refuse to participate in cuts that correspond, but in a proportionate manner and if all social actors, including politicians and bankers do ”.

For Rodriguez Sendín, the sustainability of the health system is achieved not only with cuts, rather than also for “ good governance of the public, enhancing the professionalization of services and its direction, adopting criteria of transparency, merit and capacity through the development of new policies and management practices for the evaluation of professional skills, knowledge and health services management ”.

Dr. Rodríguez Sendín highlighted the role carried out by the President of the College of physicians of Barcelona, Miquel Vilardell, in the crisis provoked by health cuts in Catalunya.

Finally, the Chairman of the WTO thanked retired doctors inherited teachings of a profession that “ keeps the spirit of service, the vocational nature, a high sense of duty, sacrifice and delivery capacity and offers, in addition to providing professional, confidence for that very special doctor-patient relationship ”.

The IV National Congress of medical retirees, which was held in Barcelona, organized by the College of physicians of Barcelona and promoted by the WTO and its national medical retirement seat, it has brought together over 170 attendees from all colleges of physicians in order to address scientific issuesProfessional and cultural interest. Among the topics fit to highlight the social benefits of retired doctors.

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Experts debate on the economic situation of the elderly in Spain and Europe.

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Experts debate on the economic situation of the elderly in Spain and Europe

the risk of poverty of the population over age 65 is higher in Spain than in the rest of the European Union.

-According to experts, our pension system is assured for the next 15-20 years, unless further increasing unemployment

– in all countries of the European Union, women over 65 years of age had a median income less than that of men

Spain, 2011-October in the third and last day of the fifty-third national Congress of the society Spanish of Geriatrics (SEGG), 32 ° Congress of the Andalusian society of Geriatrics (SAGG) and 7th Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), discussed the disadvantages associated with ageing in times of crisis and the sustainability issues affecting the public health system and the law of unit.

According to Jordi Varela, Director General of the Hospital of la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona national health systems have reached a limit, because “ the user becomes consumers and their health problem ends up being a problem of the Government ”. Varela recommends that to achieve the sustainability of our health system it is essential that society is aware of the use of health resources, and in addition, inappropriate demand and useless and redundant diagnostic tests should be reduced.

In Exchange, José Chamizo, defender of the Andalusian people, and also rapporteur of this session of the Congress of Geriatrics, explained that “ both talk about sustainability and cuts is taking us to the dehumanization ” and showed their discontent when making cuts in health and other services that constitute the welfare state.

For his part, Professor Jesús Ruíz-Huerta, Professor of Economics of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, explained the economic differences that exist among the elderly of the European Union. But there are certain similarities: “ in all European countries, the average income of the elderly is lower than the national and also there is the fact that in these countries, women over 65 years of age had a median income less than that of men ”.

One of the measures taken to ensure our pension system has been the delay the retirement age, something that is already noticeable in the average age of exit from the labour market that has become of 59.9 years in 2001 to 61.4 years in 2009.

But to ensure the sustainability of the pension system, Professor Ruiz-Huerta says that “ as well as a greater flexibility in the output of the labour market, is necessary to maintain and strengthen the pension system and the intergenerational pact of income implicit ”, thus, pensions are assured for the next 15-20 yearsunless you follow increasing unemployment. “ Must be defended at all costs the welfare State and organize priorities before applying the economic adjustment ”, concluded Ruíz-Huerta.

Congress

Last Friday closed the fifty-third national Congress of the society Spanish of Geriatrics (SEGG), 32 ° Congress of the Andalusian society of Geriatrics (SAGG) and 7th Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS).

During the last three days more than 2,500 national and international attendees have gathered in the Palace of congresses and exhibitions of Malaga in which they have been imparted more than 80 conferences and 800 oral communications.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips