The
term health promotion is a group of measures implemented in order to promote an
optimal state of physical, mental and social development in the population.
This group of measures includes actions in the field of health education,
public health policy, disease treatment and preventive measures.
Health education is a basic tool in promoting health and preventive
action. It is a method of intervention that is also part of the care
provided.
The objective of health promotion and health education in nursing, in
the elderly population is to maintain the highest degree of autonomy and
prevent the onset of disease. It sets a top priority to improve the quality of
life, which includes promoting behaviors that favor a style of living. However,
in elderly disease prevention has special features. In many cases the disease are already present
and perhaps is more important than the
classic goals of reducing mortality and increasing life expectancy, are the
goals of preventing and delaying functional decline, avoid dependency and
maintain independence and quality of life .
The objectives that a nurse must be marked in preventing geriatric
patients are fundamentally maintaining functional independence, improve their
quality of life, reduce mortality and increase life expectancy, providing
individual attention to the elderly and his environment.
Through health education, nursing the elderly want to get successfully
quit living habits that can lead to detrimental impact their quality of life,
while replacing them with others that have shown healthier. The health
education is essential in this age, having proven effective for improving the
quality of life of elderly. This will not only be for the benefit of elderly
patients, but also their family and social environment.
Bibliography.
- Wideman M. Geriatric Care Management: Role, Need, and Benefits. Home Healthc Nurse. 2011.
- Pino M., Ricoy M.C., Portela J. Diseño, implementación y evaluación de un programa de educación para la salud con personas mayores. Universidad de Vigo. 2008. Available in: http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/csc/v15n6/a35v15n6.pdf
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