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Diakonia: Medical care in nursing homes need to be better

Kott President welcomes thrust of the Health Minister

Berlin, 10 September 2007. Diakonie supports the intent of
Health Minister Ulla Schmidt, nursing homes, the appointing its own
's permit. "The medical care of old people in the
homes must be improved," said President Klaus-Dieter Diakonia Kott.
"There are shortcomings, and it is good that the policy seeks to address that." However, there
Kott to consider that in the homes not only
GP, but also eyes and ears of doctors, surgeons or psychiatrists
would be required. "It is of great advantage if there is a fixed
medical contact", the Diakonia-President. For some institutions
permanent home doctors are reasonable.

experience with the ability to make home doctors, there was already in the
Handicapped people said Kott. However, the experiences were not particularly positive
. Since the doctors are paid from the existing budget and would
No additional funds were provided, they
possibility was hardly used. In this respect, he feared that the proposed clause
despite all good intentions does not apply.
"In the area we come to care about by doctors not
Medical practitioners should get more incentives to seek care
people -.. And the deficiencies in medical care
must be transparent"