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Geriatric nurse (m/f) - Altenpfleger/in
In Germany “Altenpfleger/in" are experts with the status of a nurse. Geriatric nurses support and care for older people in need of assistance. They assist senior citizens in their everyday lives, such as personal care, helping them to eat and get dressed, providing advice, encouraging them to leisure activities. They also assume nursing and medical tasks. Geriatric nurses have therapeutic and medical nursing tasks, such as the changing of dressings and the administration of medication. They work with special software for documentation and evaluation of their activities and are also responsible for the billing of care services.
Source: http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/docroot/r2/blobs/pdf/bkb/9065.pdf
Types of services existing
Geriatric nurses mainly work in elderly residential and nursing homes, short-term care facilities, elderly care services, hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation clinics, at institutions providing nursing care or for outpatient and home nursing service providers. They find further employment opportunities at old people’s homes and care homes, at visiting social services, at associations offering nursing care services, at residential homes for the disabled or at bodies providing advice to senior citizens. Geriatric nurses also work in private households with family members requiring nursing care. They occasionally work for care support bodies or for church organizations which also offer care services for the elderly.
Language Skills requested
In order to be able to work as “Altenpfleger/in” B2 language level skill is required as minimum standard.