scholarly journals Development of the Foot Care Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Elderly Persons Living at Home: Second Report: Effect of Foot Care Performed by Elderly Persons

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiko Himeno ◽  
Mitsu Ono ◽  
Chie Magota
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
At Home

Randomized Trial of a Health Promotion Program For Frail Elders

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Hall ◽  
Paula De Beck ◽  
Debra Johnson ◽  
Kelly Mackinnon ◽  
Gloria Gutman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care At Home ◽  
At Home

AbstractThis study evaluates a local health promotion project that may be widely adaptable to assist frail elderly persons to live longer at home. Subjects, enrolled in New Westminster, B.C., were men and women aged 65 and over living in their own homes but assessed and newly admitted to “personal care at home” by the Long Term Care (LTC) program of the B.C. Ministry of Health. About 90 per cent of eligible clients consented to participate. Randomized to Treatment or Control, they were followed for three years. Controls (n = 86) received standard LTC services, which included screening and pre-admission assessment, arrangement/purchase of needed services and review at three months and at least yearly thereafter. The Treatment group (n = 81) received standard LTC services plus visits from the project nurse who helped each subject to devise a personal health plan based on his or her needs in the areas of health care, substance use, exercise, nutrition, stress management, emotional functioning, social support and participation, housing, finances and transportation. The visits concentrated on setting goals and developing personal health skills, with referral to appropriate community services. An additional group of LTC clients (n = 81) from the adjacent community of Coquitlam was also followed. Success or “survival” was defined as “alive and still assessed for care at home”. After three years the “survival rate” for the Treatment group was 75.3 per cent, compared with 59.3 per cent for the Control group and 58.0 per cent for the Coquitlam group. Standard Kaplan-Meier “survival” graphs show that Treatment subjects were more likely to be alive and living at home at every time point during the three years. Differences between the Treatment and Control groups were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) both for simple cross-tabulations of care status at 24 and 36 months and in tests comparing “survival” curves. The results are especially striking because Control subjects received LTC services in a geographic area that offers universal access to health care and community resources and because the Control data were concurrent, not historical.

scholarly journals Multi-component health promotion and disease prevention for community-dwelling frail elderly persons: a systematic review

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Gustafsson ◽  
Anna-Karin Edberg ◽  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Elderly Persons

scholarly journals Sustainable health promotion for the seniors during COVID-19 outbreak: a lesson from Tokyo

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 328-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myo Nyein Aung ◽  
Motoyuki Yuasa ◽  
Yuka Koyanagi ◽  
Thin Nyein Nyein Aung ◽  
Saiyud Moolphate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Home Exercise ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Group Exercise ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Staying At Home ◽  
At Home

The COVID-19 pandemic is novel corona virus infection outbreak that has gone global in 2020. Current prevention policies consist of hand hygiene and social distancing. Emergencies overloaded health services and shocked the logistics chains in many countries, especially Italy and China. Having more than a quarter of its population being elderly, Japan is at high risk for COVID-19 induced morbidity and mortality. This situation cancelled schedules of all routine group exercise activities for the seniors in Japan. While the outbreak is ongoing, staying at home is safe. However, successive days of being house-ridden and limited movement can lead to excessive physical inactivity. Some elderly who are not moving much can lose a significant amount of muscle strength, flexibility and aerobic capacity. It can accelerate the frailty and dependency of the seniors, and subsequently, claiming of care and health services. Moreover, existing and new evidences showed that physical activity can promote antiviral immunity. An alternative to usual group exercise activities is crucial to keep seniors active without affecting social distancing. While staying at home for long, functional exercises maintaining basic level of physical activity and movements are urgently required to be introduced to the seniors in Tokyo and around the world to prevent functional decline. Home exercise is a practical option. Therefore, we made a home-version of the functional training exercise video with different sets of 10-minutes exercise for 7 days a week. This breakthrough alternative may sustain health promotion for the elderly persons to preserve their active aging and maintain optimal health.

Encouraging Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Minority Communities Using Communication and Technology

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shava Cureton ◽  
LaShawn Hoffman ◽  
David Collins ◽  
Lisa M. Goodin ◽  
Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Communication And Technology
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