Major arrangements within charity programs
Major arrangements within charity programs Public Organization of Ostomy Patients ASTOM
• arrangements aimed at social, psychological and home adaptation of ostomy invalids in the post-operative period;
• supply of ostomy invalids with reference and information materials, containing recommendations on all the problems that ostomy invalids in the post-operative periods face with;
• creating awareness about social issues and rights, support and protection of ostomy invalids' rights;
• introduction of the computer database program 'Social register of ostomy patients' for record keeping of ostomy invalids and optimisation of recording all the fields of social assistance and its targeting;
• organisation of stoma care specialists' activity in all the areas of post-operative rehabilitation (psychological assistance, adaptation to new life circumstances with a stoma, etc.);
• arrangement of lectures and seminars devoted to the questions concerning home adaptation of ostomy invalids;
• organisation of methodological lessons on the usage of ostomy care facilities;
• publication of information materials on ostomy patients' problems;
• acquisition of vouchers of health resort institutions for ostomy invalids;
• acquisition of theatre and concert tickets, and sightseeing vouchers;
• arrangements for the telephone "hot line" functioning;
• employment assistance for ostomy invalids;
• provision of charity assistance for low-income ostomy invalids in the form of medical supplies, food products and consumer goods.