Mrs. Margrét Grímsdóttir is the Director of Nursing for Heilsutofnun NLFI, a Rehabilitation clinic in Iceland. She has long-term experience working with patients in physical and psychiatric rehabilitation settings, in Iceland and USA. The clinic has provided physical and psychiatric rehabilitation for 70 years. Around 40% of those who receive rehabilitation there are over 70 years old. 

Mrs. Grímsdóttir´s presentation „Increasing the Quality of Life of Seniors: The Effectiveness of Balneology Treatment on Physical Strength, Mental Health and Endurance “ introduces a four-week inpatient rehabilitation program, where traditional western medical rehabilitation is successfully combined with various natural resources and remedies. Mrs Grímsdóttir will discuss different balneology treatment methods used at the clinic and share the good results of performance measurements collected over the past years.

By improving physical, mental and social health of the elderly,  patients are capable of living independently for a longer time and therefore hopefully improving their quality of life.