Elderly Couples Feel At Home in Small Home Type Nursing Homes

Derya Yanık, Minister of Family and Social Services, stated that the elderly people in Adana, Yalova and Artvin were served with the small home type nursing home model and said, “We make our elderly couples feel at home in our small home type nursing homes.” said

Minister Derya Yanık stated that they designed the care institutions in accordance with the needs of the elderly and emphasized that they aimed to design each new institution in accordance with the use of the elderly, with features that are accessible and at the same time personalized according to the needs. Minister Yanık said, “Our nursing homes are designed in three different categories as 'site type', 'courtyard type' and 'small house type' projects. The site type is a nursing home model that we have designed to serve our elderly people who need care and whose bodily functions have weakened. We planned the courtyard type for our elderly people who can do their daily work on their own and need more physical activity. This model has been specially designed for our elderly people who have impaired cognitive functions such as dementia. In our small house model, on the other hand, our elderly people who can move independently and do their own work, who can use electronic household appliances and who do not need constant monitoring in terms of health, are allowed to continue their daily lives in their own living spaces.” said.

“We make them feel at home”

Minister Yanık stated that in Uşak, Tokat and Zonguldak, elderly care institutions designed with courtyard type architecture serve, while institutions designed with small house architecture in Adana, Yalova and Artvin, “2+1 (2 bedrooms, 1 common room). 1 elderly people can stay together in our small house model designed as 1+1 (1 bedroom, 2 common room, kitchen, bathroom and toilet) and XNUMX bedroom. We make our elderly couples feel at home in our small home type nursing homes, which are more preferred by our couples. Our elderly people, who lead their lives as if they are in their own homes, make new friends and can have a pleasant time in their gardens.” used the phrases.

“We provide care services to 168 elderly people in our 13.687 nursing homes”

Emphasizing that as the Ministry, they continue to work to increase the quality and diversity of services offered to elderly citizens, Minister Yanık said:

“We serve our elderly not in crowded institutions, but in their own environment and in the places where they are used to, with an understanding that they can continue their lives under conditions that will make their lives easier. As of September 2022, we offer institutional inpatient care services to 17.499 elderly people in our 168 nursing homes with a capacity of 13.687. 4.336 elderly people also benefit from nursing homes affiliated to our Ministry free of charge. As the Ministry, considering the increasing elderly population of our country, we will open 2023 residential care institutions and 7 day care and active living centers until the end of 5.”