Acute Assessment Units
The unit carries out assessments and treatment of frail and elderly patients who have multiple, often complex problems. Patients have usually been referred from Hamad General Hospital’s Emergency Department and Rumailah Hospital’s Elderly Day Care Unit Elderly Urgent Care Unit. The unit provides all the diagnostic and therapeutic services available at Rumailah Hospital. The service aims to provide specialist assessment following any critical incident in order to reduce the need for hospital admission. Important features are early senior geriatrician review, rapid diagnostics, a multidisciplinary team and a seven-day service in an inpatient elderly friendly set up.
Long term Care Units
Currently inpatient long-term care services are provided at Rumailah Hospital, Enaya Specialized Care Center, Daam Specialized Care Center and HMC’s Residential Care Compound (RCC). Together these facilities can accommodate around 425 complex patients who require prolonged nursing and medical care post brain injury, heart attacks, traffic accidents etc. The facility has specialized staff who deliver comprehensive care and can help patients wean off supportive devices including feeding tubes, breathing tubes etc., and regain as much functional independence as possible.
Elderly Urgent Care Unit
A 12-bedded Elderly Day Care Unit provides specialist care for people above the age of 60 years with medical problems that are not life threatening but need urgent medical attention. Patients attending this unit have access to Rapid Assessment and management by the specialist geriatric multidisciplinary team in a less busy and age friendly setting. The service is open 24 x 7. Older patients can contact the unit on 33253128 or 55193240 to book appointments.
RAHA Alzheimer’s and Memory Services Helpline
The National RAHA Alzheimer’s and Memory Services Helpline provides confidential telephone support for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias and memory loss.
The helpline is accessible on #40262222 from 8 am to 3 pm, Sunday to Thursday.
