GFO Klinik Engelskirchen St. Josef Krankenhaus

About the company

GFO Klinik Engelskirchen – St. Josef Krankenhaus is a hospital providing basic and regulatory medical care located in Engelskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The facility belongs to the GFO Kliniken network, operated by Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft der Franziskanerinnen zu Olpe, which emphasizes its character as an organization with a Catholic and non-profit profile. The hospital focuses on providing qualified medical and therapeutic care, with the patient at the center of all actions and their individual needs taken into account.

Mission and patient approach

The clinic emphasizes a holistic approach to the human being – it is not only about treating the disease but also supporting the quality of life, independence, and safety of patients. Due to its roots in Franciscan tradition, values such as respect for the dignity of the person, social sensitivity, and responsible management of resources in the service of patients are important. The medical and nursing team works interdisciplinary to combine the perspectives of doctors, therapists, and caregivers into one treatment plan.

Services and areas of care

The hospital provides services in the field of hospital health care, typical for a facility of basic and regulatory medical care. This includes diagnostics, treatment, and nursing care on an inpatient basis, as well as selected outpatient services, consistent with the profile of such a unit.

Geriatrics, or the medicine of the elderly, plays a special role in the structure of services. In the geriatric ward, emphasis is placed on maintaining and supporting the independence of patients in old age and developing all skills necessary for daily functioning. Geriatric care combines internal medicine, rehabilitation, nursing and therapeutic support to enable older people to live as independently as possible for as long as possible.

Center for the elderly and alterstraumatology

GFO Klinik Engelskirchen is a certified center for alterstraumatology, specializing in treating injuries in the elderly. The center combines the competencies of geriatrics, orthopedics, and traumatic surgery, allowing it to comprehensively deal with older patients after fractures and other injuries, taking into account their specific health, functional, and social needs.

For whom

The facility is intended for:

• People from the Engelskirchen region and surroundings, requiring hospital medical care within the framework of basic and regulatory healthcare.
• Elderly patients, who need specialized geriatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support in regaining or maintaining independence.
• Elderly people after injuries, particularly after fractures, where it is necessary to combine orthopedic-traumatic treatment with intense geriatric care in a certified center for alterstraumatology.

Teamwork and continuity of care

In the hospital, teamwork is of great importance, involving doctors of various specialties, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and other people involved in the treatment process. Such an approach is particularly important in caring for the elderly, where it is necessary to simultaneously take into account somatic condition, physical fitness, cognitive functioning, and social situation.

Quality and safety

The hospital emphasizes the importance of high-quality care, patient safety, and continuous development of staff competencies. Operating as a certified center for alterstraumatology involves adhering to certain standards and procedures that aim to ensure transparent treatment processes, effective team communication, and continuous improvement in the organization of care for the elderly after injuries.