CEOMA credited centre free of attachments to the residence Sanitas El Mirador, Navarre.

-Sanitas Residencial El Mirador is the first Center of Navarre in obtaining accreditation pylons free Center ”

-the physical pylons or chemical does not decrease the risk of falling or improve behavioral problems and, in addition, they can be avoided without increasing costs

Pamplona, November of 2011- the program trigger for the elderly and to the sick of Alzheimer’s disease of the Confederation Spanish organizations for older (CEOMA), who works in the defense of the interests of the elderly and those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, has delivered the past Monday 14, in collaboration with the autonomous Government of Navarre, to the residence Sanitas El Mirador, Pamplona, accreditation as a centre free of pylons ”.

Sanitas Residencial El Mirador, Cristina Sánchez, Director has received accreditation from the hands of the Minister of Social Affairs, equality, sport and youth of the autonomous Government of Navarre, Elena Torres Miranda, and of the Confederation Española of organizations of older (CEOMA) President, José Luis Méler and Ugarte. The Act, which formalized accreditation, has also attended Sanitas Residencial, Domènec Crosas, Director-General and the Technical Director of the programme trigger to the elderly and Alzheimer’s patient ”, Antonio Burgess Torijano.

This accreditation is a recognition of the project by a residence without fasteners ” that it launched Sanitas Residencial El Mirador and that it has managed in less than a year to eliminate the use of the pylons and change the philosophy of care of the residence. The result of this program is that of 21 residents using pylons in the Center, currently none needs them.

The President of the Confederation Spanish Organization for older (CEOMA), José Luis Méler Ugarte, it has highlighted the importance of the residential centres taking such measures and highlighted the decree adopted by the autonomous community of Navarre which regulates the use of physical and pharmacological pylons in the institutionalized elderly. The Confederation considers examples such as Sanitas Residencial El Mirador to demonstrate the benefits of avoiding this type of practice, that persons subjected to them face a loss of autonomy, dignity and self-esteem.

Sanitas Residencial El Mirador, Cristina Sánchez, Director has indicated that this project shows that it is possible to eliminate the pylons in the residential area and offer more personalized care and the utmost attention. Cristina Sánchez has underlined that the Elimination of these elements has been carried out through a gradual processwith individualized plans and with the help of technical elements.

In this sense, Sanitas Residencial, Domènec Crosas, Director-General has affected that after a year of work and research thanks to the new policy of pylons, Sanitas Residencial has three centers free of pylons and only 22 percent of the residents still employ some type of fasteners.

For its part, the Minister of Social Affairs, equality, sport and youth of the autonomous Government of Navarre, Elena Torres, has pointed out that Navarre has become a pioneer in this field community, after that last September the Government approved the decree that regulates the use of pylons physical and pharmacological treatments in residential centres and day for people with any disabilities, physical and intellectual and the elderly. Is so ”, pointed out, of giving patients greater freedom and autonomy as possible, and do so with total security ”.

The program untie the elderly and the sick man of Alzheimer ” CEOMA underscores that it is possible to care for and protect this sector of the population without using physical pylons and chemical (with psychotropic drugs).

This initiative demonstrates the reasons raised for the use of pylons are based on misconceptions, because it does not decrease the risk of falling or improve behaviour problems and, moreover, can be avoided without increasing costs. In dependent persons in this type of fasteners are facing a loss of autonomy, dignity and self-esteem.

CEOMA

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

Sanitas group

El group Sanitas, specializing in health and geriatric care, includes companies: Sanitas insurance, Sanitas hospitals, Sanitas Residencial and Sanitas new business. You sanitas insurance is the leading company with regard to private customers of insurance for medical care and health in Spain, with 1.98 million members. In 2010, its turnover was EUR 1.449,5 million.

You sanitas hospital manages four hospitals and 69 medical centers multiespecialidad and dental. You sanitas Residencial is one of major attention to Spain largest companies, he has 41 residences throughout the country and has more than 5,000 residential spaces.

You sanitas new business offers a wide range of complementary health services in their own centres and through centers Sanitas Mundosalud.