Geriatric nurses and geriatric nurse assistants
In terms of the Health personnel accounts of the Federal Statistical Office:Geriatric nurses and geriatric nurse assistants care for healthy, sick and elderly persons in need of care. In addition to the social-care tasks (for example assistance in personal hygiene and eating) they also do medico-care tasks (for example support in therapeutic measures of rehabilitation or they carry out medical prescription such as changing dressings or administration of drugs).
Updated: 29 Jan 2013
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- Home care services, personnel by sex et al.
- Residential nursing care facilities, personnel, e.g. by sex
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