Abstract
<p>The first hospital department for the treatment of elderly people in the world was founded by Laza Lazarević in Belgrade in 1881. The Division of Geriatrics of the Department of Internal Medicine at the City Hospital in Belgrade was founded in 1963, as the first one in the former Yugoslavia. The first regional department within the field of gerontology was founded at the Medical Faculty in Belgrade in 1995. In 1998, the first university textbook on geriatrics was published in Belgrade. Geriatrics exists as a subspecialization of internal or general medicine. In the last few decades, the subspecialization format has changed from subspecialization in gerontology, through the specialization in geriatrics, to the current format. In Serbia, the health activists in the field of geriatrics and gerontology are gathered by Gerontological Society of Serbia and are also members of Geriatric Section of the Serbian Medical Society. Health professionals, geriatricians and gerontologists, are members of the Serbian Association of Geriatricians and Gerontologist, which is a member of the European Geriatric Association. Currently, Serbia has more than 1.3 million inhabitants over 65 years of age. By 2050, it is estimated that one-third of the Serbian citizens will belong to the elderly population. The benefits each country has from the health professionals educated in the field of geriatrics are the following: better quality of life of elderly patients, reduction in mortality rate and increased life expectancy of the elderly, decrease in the percentage of rehospitalization of elderly patients, as well as reduction in health care costs.</p>
Highlights
Prvo bolničko odeljenje za lečenje starih osoba u svetu, osnovao je u Beogradu Laza Lazarević, 1881. godine
Svetski je trend izrazita težnja za smanjenjem troškova izazvanih sve većim brojem starih stanovnika
The benefits each country has from the health professionals educated in the field of geriatrics are the following: better quality of life of elderly patients, reduction in mortality rate and increased life expectancy of the elderly, decrease in the percentage of rehospitalization of elderly patients, as well as reduction in health care costs
Summary
Prvo bolničko odeljenje za lečenje starih osoba u svetu, osnovao je u Beogradu Laza Lazarević, 1881. godine. Prvo bolničko odeljenje za lečenje starih osoba u svetu, osnovao je u Beogradu Laza Lazarević, 1881. Godine na Medicinskom fakultetu u Beogradu, a prvi univerzitetski udžbenik iz gerijatrije izdat je 1998. U poslednjim decenijama se format specijalizacije menjao od supspecijalizacije iz gerontologije, preko specijalizacije gerijatrije, do aktuelnog. Lekare iz oblasti gerijatrije i gerontologije u Srbiji okuplja Gerontološko društvo Srbije, a oni su i članovi Gerijatrijske sekcije Srpskog lekarskog društva. Zdravstveni profesionalci, gerijatri i gerontolozi, su učlanjeni u Udruženje gerijatara i gerontologa Srbije koje je član posmatrač Evropskog udruženja gerijatara.Trenutno, Srbija ima preko 1,3 miliona stanovnika starijih od 65 godina, a predviđa se da će do 2050. Prvo bolničko odeljenje za lečenje starih osoba u svetu, osnovao je u Beogradu pisac i lekar Laza Lazarević, 1881 godine (negde prekoputa današnjeg sedišta Srpskog lekarskog društva) [1]. U svetu, gde se i danas potreba za posebno obrazovanim lekarima koji bi lečili stare stavlja pod znak pitanja, ovaj čin se čini vizionarskim
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