BigPicture National Conference in Greece - Geriatric Nursing: Contemporary Issues and Integrated Geriatric Care

The event will be organised in greek language.

Programme

09:00 – 09:30 Arrival- Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome speech
Grigorios Vlahakis, Director of Larissa General Hospital
Konstantinos Tsaras, Professor, Vice President of the Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly
10:00 – 10:30 ” Healthy aging in age-friendly communities”, Marianna Mantzorou, PhD, MSc, GN, RN, Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Member of the Home Nursing Research Laboratory, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Welfare, University of Western Attica (PaDA).
10:30-11:00 “Old Age: Stereotypes and Prejudices”, Theodosios Paralikas (Father Sergios), PhD, MSc, RN, Associate Professor of Geriatric Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly.
11:00-12:00 Roundtable Discussion: Nursing of the Third Age Modern Problems in the clinical environment.
• Palliative care in dementia – Anastasia Babatziannis, RN, MSc, Larissa General Hospital
• Infections: The risk in geriatric care – Iulia Koutsodimou, RN, MSc, Larissa General Hospital
• Preventing Elderly Falls in the Hospital Environment – Maria Kriari, RN, MSc, Larissa General Hospital
• Detection and evaluation of Geriatric frailty – Valetta Panagiota, RN MSc, PHN, Department of Blood Donation Kilkis General Hospital.
12:00-12:30 Coffee Break
12:30- 13:15 Geriatric palliative care – Stella Tsoutsa, RN, Larissa General Hospital
13:15 – 14:00 Simple ancient self-healing techniques for the elderly – Irini Tsiridou, Personal Development Consultant – Yin yoga teacher – Trained qi gong teacher
14:00-14:30 Coffee break
14:30- 15:00 Searching for meaning in the years of old age… working on oneself through the framework of Gestalt Psychotherapy until old age… Gianna Kalota, M.Sc. Counseling Psychology, Psychotherapist, Trainer & Gestalt Supervisor, member of E.A.G.T. and H.A.G.T. Sevi Hatzopoulou, M.Sc Health Psychology, Psychotherapist, Gestalt Trainer & Supervisor, member of E.A.G.T. and H.A.G.T.
15:00- 15:15 Conclusions – End of Conference