Collaboration Meeting Between the Elderly Care Program and the Aid and Charity Foundation Nursing Home

A meeting was held by the Mersin University Health Services Vocational School Elderly Care Program to prepare a collaboration protocol with the Aid and Charity Foundation Nursing Home. The meeting was attended by the Director of Mersin University Health Services Vocational School, Prof. Dr. Gülay Altun Uğraş, the Director of the Aid and Charity Foundation Nursing Home, Canan Kubat, the Nursing Home Social Worker, Eda Aygen, and faculty members of the Elderly Care Program. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place regarding the scope and articles of the collaboration protocol planned to be signed between the two institutions. Within the framework of the collaboration, it is planned that 10 students from the Elderly Care Program will receive practical training at the nursing home in the new academic year. The meeting also addressed the training requests for nurses and care personnel working at the nursing home.

Information was given to the nursing home management about the new curriculum studies and the accreditation preparation process carried out in the Elderly Care Program. The aforementioned collaboration; The aim is to contribute to the development of students' professional practice skills, to support the quality of elderly care services, and to strengthen university-institution cooperation. The meeting concluded after mutual expressions of gratitude.