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Originally Posted by Darlene
Thank you.
good ideas - and I appreciate the first link. I'll follow through on it. We will be receiving a lecture from a professor at UASD when we arrive on the island - sharing sociological insights. And I have been trying to get a contact phone number for the new regional hospital in Santiago. If anyone has that, I would really appreciate. Especially if you have a number that connects to an English-speaking operator so I'm sure I get my facts straight. Think would be a good place to tour.
But I'm especially looking for ways to gain understandings concerning rural elderly - and finding it very difficult.
Thank you, Lambada.
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If you mean Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS) I believe the number is 829 947 2222. Can't guarantee an English speaking operator although there are English speaking medics there.
Most towns have Old People's Homes usually run by charitable foundations: for example in Puerto Plata there is the Hogar de Ancianos San Antonio María Claret - you can read about it here
Apo : Periodico El Faro - La Luz que Guia la Verdad
The needs of rural elderly are far more likely to be met by the extended family & to gain an understanding of this some Spanish will indeed be necessary i.e. if you intend visiting & communicating.
Your other possibilities are to contact the Catholic Church or other churches who make provision for the elderly. Then there are organisations like Caritas - the President of which happens to be the Bishop of Puerto Plata, Julio César Corniel Amaro. Phone, fax & email on the website:
Dominican Republic*-*Caritas Internationalis