Health promotion includes
Recommendations to optimize one's health
Preventative
health protective measures
actualization of one's health potential
Disease prevention includes
Counseling screenings and chemoprophylaxis for the various levels of
prevention
Primary secondary tertiary
Healthy People 2020 Goals for older persons
Attain high-quality longer lives free of preventable disease disability injury
and premature death
Promote quality of life healthy development and healthy behaviors across all
life stages
Achieve healthy equity illuminate disparities and improve the health of all
groups
Healthy people 2020 specific objectives for older adults
Increased use of the welcome to Medicare visit
Increase the number of adults who are up-to-date with preventative services
, Decrease the number of emergency department visits for older adults
especially for falls
According to the who what are the five priorities for member countries For
aging and health
Commitment to Healthy aging
Synchronizing the needs of older persons and health systems
Designing age friendly environments
Developing long-term care systems
Research
Healthy aging.org
Patient education
Polypharmacy
The use of multiple pharmacies Multiple prescribers use of over-the-counter
medication's and readily available supplements
Ways to prevent polypharmacy
Have new patients bring all medications to the first visit
Review the appropriateness of each medication does the evidence support
continuation or is it duplicated
Are there any address reactions are there any potential ADRs to monitor
sometimes ADRs are as settle as fatigue