Kaluga Region is located only two hundred kilometers from Moscow, in the central part of the East European Plain. Its area is almost thirty thousand square kilometers. There are many natural monuments and interesting places in the region.
And although Central Russia is not rich in recognizable landscapes, it is very difficult to confuse the banks of the Ugra, Oka and their many tributaries. The territory of the Kaluga region is crossed by the largest reserve in the Central Federal District - Ugra National Park. There are excellent conditions for both tourism and leisure.
Many other places in the region are also deservedly considered natural monuments: the Rainbow Waterfall, located in the Zhukovsky District, Koltsovsky Caves closed to tourists, the magnificent Lake Lompad, etc. The climate of the Kaluga Region has a pronounced seasonal character. It is moderately hot in summer and moderately cold in winter.
general information
Today in the region there is a tendency for the development of the health resort sphere. Most local health resorts use the most modern equipment and competent staff. All this enables residents of the region and neighboring regions not only to enjoy a good rest in the best corners of the region, but also to undergo rehabilitation. There are many children's sanatoriums in the region. Most of these treatment and rehabilitation facilities use effective modern techniques. They created excellent conditions for treatment, recovery and, of course, for children to relax. For each patient, individual programs and general strengthening procedures are developed here.
Fighting a specific disease or restoring the body after an injury needs to be stationary in the hospital, while recovery in a children's sanatorium will improve the effect. One of the best health resorts in the Kaluga region is considered to be the neuropsychiatric sanatorium "Kaluga Bor". It is about him that will be discussed in this article. We will try to tell you as much as possible about this treatment and rehabilitation center, about the conditions that the Kaluga Bor sanatorium offers, and introduce reviews.
Occurrence
This health resort has a very long history. The sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" was opened on November 22, 1945 on the basis of a military hospital intended for disabled veterans. Three years later, in 1948, it was reorganized by the order of the Main Directorate of Resorts of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, turning it into a specialized institution for children suffering from the effects of polio suffered at an early age.
In 1965, a new medical building was built on the site of old and very dilapidated buildings. Subsequently, the sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" was redesigned. Since January 1, 1971, children with neuropsychiatric diseases or cerebral palsy began to come here for treatment.
In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 10, 2008, this institution is part of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
Description
Children's neurological sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" is located on the territory of the conservation zone "Kaluga City Bor." Its territory is a picturesque pine forest, considered a federal natural monument. The Kaluga Bor sanatorium, the photo of which is presented in the article, is located in an ecologically clean place, ideally suited for organizing the rehabilitation of children with neuropsychiatric diseases, it works all year round.
Its park zone covers an area of āāalmost fifteen hectares. The sanatorium āKaluga Borā has a natural forest landscape, an alley of terrain paths, several children's playgrounds and sports grounds.
Since 2004, the profile of the medical institution, as well as the list of indications of diseases of the nervous system and, accordingly, the age of young patients have been expanded.
Infrastructure
The sanatorium Kaluga Bor can accept children between the ages of two and eighteen, provided that they are accompanied by legal representatives. From the age of 6, children can independently stay if medical conditions permit. The health resort is open all year. The infrastructure of the sanatorium includes a medical building, which has a preschool and school department, a comprehensive school, as well as a clinical and functional diagnostics laboratory, physiotherapy and physiotherapy exercises department. Children can visit the gym, work in labor workshops. There is also a library, a swimming pool, a gym, a sauna, various playgrounds or sports grounds for patients.
On-duty administrators can help you purchase tickets in any direction, call a taxi, etc. There is a laundry room and an ATM in the Kaluga Bor sanatorium.
Orientation and services
Federal State Institution Children's Psychoneurological Sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" provides medical assistance to children, accompanied by their legal representative on a 24-hour stay. His specialization is the treatment of diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system, which have a different etiology with motor and sensory disturbances. This also applies to pathologies that are combined with diseases of the connective tissues and the musculoskeletal system.
Sanatorium treatment includes medical care provided by institutions of a similar profile for therapeutic, prophylactic and rehabilitation purposes. Many procedures are based on the use of natural resources.
Children's sanatorium āKaluga Borā offers treatment aimed at the full restoration or compensation of those body functions that were impaired due to injuries after operations or as a consequence of chronic diseases. After receiving the full course of prescribed procedures carried out by highly qualified specialists, the activation of protective and adaptive reactions in the body occurs in children, the number of exacerbations decreases, the period of remissions is prolonged, the development of certain diseases slows down and disability is prevented.
The therapeutic and diagnostic activities of this children's sanatorium are aimed at sanatorium-resort treatment of pathologies of the nervous system and holding health-improving general strengthening measures.
Housing stock
Accommodation for children from 2 to 7 years, accompanied by their parents, is carried out in two-, four- and six-seater wards. The bathroom is on the floor.
Children between the ages of 8 and 18 with their parents are accommodated in four- or six-seater wards. Unaccompanied patients may live in eight-bed rooms. On each floor there is a TV, game rooms.
Nutrition
Each child is approached individually. After examining the specialists, the kids are assigned diet six meals a day. The menu is made taking into account the necessary vitamins. The nutrition of young children is enriched with micro and macronutrients. It is organized for four age groups. Adults in need of spa treatment receive four meals a day.
Treatment programs for children
For each small patient, its own regimen is compiled. The sanatorium āKaluga Borā was built in a pine forest. Therefore, climatotherapy is widely used here. The health resort is located in the temperate continental forest zone, where there are no strong winds and the average number of sunny or rainy days is observed in a year. The local climate has a stimulating effect on metabolic processes, calming the nervous system. And volatile and essential oils that secrete centuries-old pine trees have an antimicrobial effect and increase immunity weakened by diseases.
Sanatorium āKaluga Borā, vacancies which can be viewed on the official website, also offers mud therapy. During the procedures, Tambukan mud is used, which is prescribed in the form of applications. It has a painkiller, anti-inflammatory and restorative effect, a positive effect on metabolism.
Procedures
Patients are also scheduled to visit a salt cave, the air in which is saturated with ionized trace elements such as calcium, iodine, bromine, selenium, sodium, magnesium, etc. This technique is mild and effective to reduce allergic reactions, normalize microflora in the airways, and cleanse skin or mucous membranes, as well as oxygen saturation of the blood and lower intoxication. Another treatment program is the appointment of Krainskaya, an imported mineral medicinal-table sulphate-calcium drinking water, as well as an oxygen cocktail or herbal tea with sedative, immunostimulating, vitamin exposure.
Patients can receive manual massage, go to exercise therapy. The resort also has swing machines for vertebromechanical massage.
Additional Information
In the children's psychoneurological sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" leisure activities are well organized. From here you can go on a tour of the literary and historical places of the Kaluga region - to Optina deserts, Shamordino, which are associated with Tsiolkovsky, Pushkin, Tsvetaeva, Paustovsky and others. Kids will like trips to Ethnomir, Bird Park and, of course, to the circus in Tula.
For children and their parents, master classes in drawing, modeling, application and floristry are often held. Every week, a disco and karaoke are held at the sanatorium.
Therapy
Sanatorium āKaluga Borā accepts for treatment children sent from those institutions of the Ministry of Health that provide specialized care to patients. Here, patients receive a course of mechanotherapy, as well as apparatus physiotherapy, including drug electrophoresis, amplipulse therapy and electrical stimulation of weakened muscles, as well as electric sleep, microwave, induction, UHF, ultrasound, magneto, chromo, halo and aerosol therapy. In the sanatorium, heat treatment with ozokerite applications is very successful. A wide variety of hydrotherapy: phyto- and pearl baths, underwater and whirlpool leg massages, circular showers, etc., contribute to improving the work of the childās muscles. In the pool, children from the age of five are prescribed hydrokinesitherapy.
In this medical institution, social and psychological rehabilitation is also carried out. The psychologist conducts classes both group and individual.
Address
The resort is located at: Kaluga, st. Kaluga Bor, 3. You can get to it by buses No. 31, 32, 22, 20. You need to get off at the Kaluga Bor stop. From Kiev Station in Moscow to Kaluga can be reached by train. Travel time is three and a half hours. You can arrange a free transfer to the Kaluga Bor sanatorium in advance.
Reviews
Many parents say that after treatment, their children have a positive trend. Patients from all regions of our vast country come here. Of course, in each case, the positive dynamics manifests itself in different ways, however, the majority believes that the sanatorium helped them. Most vacationers at the Kaluga Bor health resort respond positively about it. They liked everything, including food. Moreover, many mothers say that their children in the sanatorium have recovered. Excellent nutrition, quality procedures, qualified staff work - all this helps to alleviate the condition of children suffering from such an ailment as cerebral palsy.
As for the territory, there are no complaints at all. Wonderful clean air, pine forest, many playgrounds for children's games - in the reviews, parents especially note the excellent conditions for rest and leisure.
Some note a very important circumstance: nannies and educators treat children not as sick, but as their relatives. This is very important, according to those mothers whose children suffer from an ailment.
There is also some dissatisfaction in the reviews that it is very difficult to get into double rooms. Parents believe that in eight-bedded rooms it is very difficult to establish a regimen for a sick child, because it is always noisy and crowded. Another drawback, judging by the reviews, is the lack of a toilet and shower in each of the chambers.
Nevertheless, the majority of vacationers sanatorium "Kaluga Bor" really liked. They note a wide variety of procedures that help their children, the professionalism of medical personnel, the attention and care of educators. Separately, it is noted that in the sanatorium there is no need to pay for anything. Many parents believe that they need to come here at least once every two years.