Gerontopsychiatry specialist

• 1 year

Tasks (excerpt):

• Recognizing and/or determining nursing and psychosocial needs
• Developing appropriate care and support concepts and implementing and evaluating them in an interdisciplinary team
• Gerontopsychiatric specialists work either in inpatient or day care settings or provide outpatient care to elderly people with physical, mental, and/or psychological changes in their own homes, applying various quality assurance methods

The training focuses on:

• Getting to know innovative care concepts
• Expanding scientifically based specialist knowledge of geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, and related disciplines
• Strengthening personal and action-oriented skills
• The opportunity to build a special relationship and care structure for people with psychiatric disorders, especially dementia

• Completed examination in a nursing profession (health and nursing care; geriatric care; curative education, nursing specialist)
• At least 1 year of professional experience

• 400 hours of theory + 180 hours of SOL in a block system

• 320 hours of practical training (gerontopsychiatric facility)

• This additional training enables gerontopsychiatric specialists to take on specialized work and get involved even deeper into the field of geriatric care.
• The training provides participants with all the necessary skills to become the central contact person for gerontopsychiatric care in their facility.
• For professional development, gerontopsychiatric specialists can pursue a university degree in health, social services, or psychology.

• 3199,- Euro