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The 88-year-old Emirati man who was seen being mistreated by his Asian caregiver in a video that went viral last week, is calmer and relaxed after being housed at the Dubai-based Family Gathering Centre.
Essa Al Maidoor checks on the elderly man at the Family Gathering Centre. — Supplied photo
Upon instructions of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and under the care of Essa Al Maidoor, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the elderly Emirati, who is from Dibba, Fujairah, has been housed at the centre.
He has been at the centre for the past week and will stay there until his new helper is hired and trained along with his family members.
The Asian helper was spotted in a surveillance video, set up by the old man’s suspecting son, slapping and beating the patient with a wooden stick.
Al Maidoor visited the centre on Wednesday morning and met with one of the daughters of the patients. He assured the patient that DHA will provide complete medical, social and physiological support and that he should consider the Family Gathering Centre to be his second home. Post admission to the centre, the patient is calmer and relaxed and is undergoing physiotherapy as well as medical assessment including ECG tests.
The patient has hypertension, arthritis of knees and back, mind cognitive impairment and hearing impairment. His hearing assessment was completed on Wednesday and he needs a hearing aid which will be provided by the centre.
He is also undergoing physiotherapy sessions and the first round of cupping therapy for his knees to mobilise his blood flow and relive pain was also carried out on Tuesday. Maidoor denounced the mistreatment committed by a helper and reiterated that respect and caring for the elderly is an important part of UAE culture.
The centre currently has 27 in-patients and 70 out-patients. It is the sole centre for the elderly in the emirate and provides a host of services for geriatric patients including physiotherapy, memory training, cognitive therapy, medication to treat co-morbidities, rehabilitation, physiological counselling and all forms of geriatric care to ensure the elderly are well taken care of.
The Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al Roumi has said that the ministry is currently working on a draft law to protect the rights of the elderly. The case of the 28-year-old helper is currently with the public prosecution awaiting action.
asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com
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