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Senior Citizens Primary Care Unit

Caring for your parents because they deserve the best!

Liaquat National Hospital has introduced Senior Citizen Primary Care Unit for the first time in Pakistan, a state of art specialized facility for the elderly citizens of Karachi. The aim is to improve the quality of life of the aging people through promoting physical, social and psychological well being.

This specialty provides compassionate care and support to elderly people through a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified professionals which includes doctors, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapist, occupational therapists and dieticians who have come together to meet their social, physical or psychological healthcare needs with compassion at an affordable cost under one roof.

For just a couple of hours or whole day, the team of healthcare professionals will take care of senior citizens in a friendly environment comprehensively, taking care of all their healthcare needs.

Specialized Consultation Clinics

General Medicine and Family Medicine Geriatric clinics
Health & Fitness Clinic
Bone and Joint pain clinic
Cardiology and Healthy Heart clinic
Orthopedic and Arthritis clinic
Gynae and Menopause clinic
Sleep clinic
Psychiatry clinic (including Dementia / Alzheimer’s disease)
Psychology (Counseling) clinic

Facilities

Basic Health Facilities

(Included in all packages)
Daily basic health checkup

Height and weight assessment
Body mass index assessment and weight management
Blood pressure monitoring
Blood sugar monitoring
Pulse and oxygen saturation
General Nursing care (all day)
Dental review and recommendation by a dentist (if requested)

Physical health session

(Included in all packages)

Group physiotherapy session and recommendations by an expert physiotherapist
Physical exercises and unlimited use of Gym (treadmill, bicycle, muscle strengthening exercises) to improve physical functions and reduce disability and pain.
Access to air-conditioned green walking track area in a controlled environment to prevent falls.
Session by a nutritionist to improve diet and weight management

Social skills development

(Included in all packages)

Occupational therapy session by a qualified therapist to improve day to day functions, response, fine motor, cognitive skills and overall quality of life
Healthy activities (includes Health Bingo, board and other indoor games like hand football and carom),
Play Station (video games)
Social interaction among groups with interactive and inspirational talk about life experiences by participants, celebrities and prominent personalities
Access to Gazebo (A serene air conditioned environment with greenery and plantation all around to relax with tea and snacks)

Psychological health

(Included in all packages)

A counseling session in group by an expert psychologist
Mental health assessment
Mind games to improve psychological health of patients

Other facilities

Unlimited Wifi Access (Included in all packages)
Running tea (Included in all packages)
Customized and personalized meals by our expert nutritionist (Included in full day packages only)
Whole day recreational activity, visit to historical place/cinema (included in monthly packages only)