Since 2002 “ArmenianCaritas” has been providing a care to the older people promoting their well-being. To increase the social responsibility of local authorities and society and to promote specialized care, an attempt has been made to reintroduce geriatrics in modern Armenia.

It’s already the third time that Victoria Kaprielian, MD, FAAFP Associate Dean for Faculty Development and MedicalEducationCampbellUniversity Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine came to Armenia with her team.

The well-known specialists performed a free-of-charge a-day training for the AC nurses and for the Armenian care institutions and respective NGOs. The training included such topics as confusion, delirium, dementia, their evaluation tools for assessment of and appropriate management strategies for the treatment, palliative strategies for patients with incurable condition, caregiver stress and factors influencing caregiver well-being, strategies and resources to assist, symptom management at end of life, assessment and management of hypertension in the elderly, high-risk medications and medication interactions to avoid in elderly patients and the like.

Dr. Charlotte Paolini spoke about Dementia:, how to assess and manage it. At the end of the day, the place was more practical, the guests showed how easy it can be to relieve pain through yoga and massage.