Federal Association of Geriatrics
| Federal Association of Geriatrics V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Association political interest representation of geriatrics in Germany |
| Chair: | Ansgar Veer |
| Executive Director: | Dirk van den Heuvel |
| Establishment date: | 1993 |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | https://www.bv-geriatrie.de/ |
The Federal Association of Geriatrics e. V. (BV Geriatrie) is a leading German association in the health sector and the central political representative of the institutions and departments in Germany that specialize in geriatric care. In addition, the first partnerships exist in Austria and Switzerland. BV Geriatrie represents the interests of almost 400 member institutions with around 20,000 beds or treatment places vis-à-vis politicians and the public. Member institutions are hospitals, rehabilitation clinics and providers of outpatient and mobile forms of care. In 2011, the association also opened up to the specialist, established area. The aim of the association is to promote specialist care and to strengthen the field of geriatrics . BV Geriatrics is organized as a registered association. In addition, there are 15 regional associations in the respective federal states. The office is based in Berlin.
history
On the initiative of the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, the “Federal Working Group of Geriatric Rehabilitation Facilities” was founded in 1993. V. “- initially with 19 members. The association's work initially focused on the development of conceptual principles and uniform quality criteria for geriatric care and the needs-based development and expansion of geriatric care structures.
In 1997 the name was changed to “Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Klinisch-Geriatrischeeinrichtungen e. V. ". The background at that time was, among other things, to want to integrate the two central pillars of the inpatient geriatric care landscape - geriatrics at hospitals and in rehabilitation facilities - more strongly in the work of the association as well as in the public image. After the further expansion of the association structures, the general assembly decided in 2008 to rename it to the “Federal Association of Geriatrics”.
The association developed geriatric care structures. In addition, the quality seal geriatrics, a special quality management process for geriatric facilities, and the certified advanced training program "ZERCUR Geriatrics" for members of the interdisciplinary team, such as members of the health professions , doctors , psychologists , social workers , social pedagogues , speech therapists, qualified gerontologists and employees of the social service, developed by the association.
The annually updated series “Coding Handbook Geriatrics” serves as a coding aid, especially for geriatric specialists. The coding manual provides information for coding in geriatrics, in addition to the German coding guidelines as well as the ICD-10-GM classification systems and the operation and procedure code (OPS).
BV Geriatrics published the White Paper on Geriatrics in 2010. It shows the care situation and needs of geriatric patients in Germany.
tasks
- Networking with specialist societies, associations of service providers and service providers, representatives of civil society and politics
- Contact for politics and (social) associations for health policy issues
- Participation in committees and specialist working groups
- continuous development of quality criteria for geriatric facilities
- Promotion of basic, advanced and advanced training for geriatric specialists
- Promotion of the cooperation between the member institutions
- Advising members
- Opinions on proposed legislation, laws and judgments
- Participation in the annual proposal process for the further development of the DRG system
Association work / publications
- Seal of quality for geriatrics - quality management process specially designed for geriatric facilities
- Geriatric Supply Association - an initiative for the further conceptual development of geriatric supply structures
- ZERCUR GERIATRIE - geriatric-specific advanced and advanced training program for members of the therapeutic team
- atz - Geriatric Traumatology Center - an initiative to ensure and promote the quality of care for geriatric traumatic patients in inpatient care
- Gemidas Pro ( Ge riatrisches Mi nimum Da ta S et) - only nationwide database of geriatric treatment to detect cases
- Quality Network Geriatrics - Initiative for quality assurance and improvement of participating association members
- DRG project group - further development of the mapping of geriatric services in the G-DRG system together with the German Society for Geriatrics and the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics
- White Book Geriatrics - Standard work on geriatric care in Germany
- Coding Manual Geriatrics - Coding aid for coding in geriatrics in addition to the German Coding Guidelines , ICD-10-GM and Operation and Procedure Code (OPS), also contains a section on benefits law
- Project TIGER - Trans-sectoral intervention program to improve geriatric care in Regensburg
Memberships
- German Nursing Council - Federal Association for Nursing and Midwifery
- German Association for Rehabilitation
- AG Med Reha - acting for rehabilitation
- German rehab day
Professional cooperation
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us - Federal Association of Geriatrics. Retrieved on August 6, 2018 (German).
- ^ History - Federal Association of Geriatrics. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German).
- ↑ About ZERCUR GERIATRIE® - Federal Association of Geriatrics. Retrieved on August 16, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Anke Wittrich, Konstantin Hatzopoulos, Carsten Klein, Kristina Oheim, Nicole Benz, Dieter Lüttje, Michael Meisel: Coding Handbook Geriatrics 2018 . Ed .: Federal Association of Geriatrics. 9th edition. Schüling-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-86523-294-6 , pp. 358 .
- ↑ Clemens Platzköster, Agnes Zimolong, Patrick Fränkel, Natalia Podsiadlo, Dirk van den Heuvel, Anke Wittrich, Tina Eckert: White Book Geriatrics . Ed .: Federal Association of Geriatrics. 2nd Edition. W. Kohlhammer GmbH Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021855-0 , p. 322 .
- ↑ Aims and tasks - Federal Association of Geriatrics. Retrieved on August 6, 2018 (German).