Question

The World Health Organisation (2015) states:

“Healthy ageing is a process of developing and maintain the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age. Functional ability is about having the capabilities that enable all people to be and do what they have reason to value”

Using the context provided in the statement above, critically analyse your role as a registered nurse in empowering the older adult. In your response discuss current evidence-based approaches to the promotion of healthy ageing.

Answer 1

Answer: The healthy ageing process includes disease free life that could reduce the risk of diseases as well as enhances the living standards. In the case of the older adults, it is important that they should be focused on their lifestyle. Being a nurse, it is important to provide education, create awareness among the older adults as well as the ageing people to adopt healthy lifestyle. This could reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension etc. For a healthy ageing, it is important that at the early age, people should adopt healthy lifestyle. The nurse need to impart information, encourage clients to understand the benefits of having healthy lifestyle.

Some of the approaches to the promotion of healthy ageing are:

• Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption.
• Eat healthy foods.
• Reduce the saturated fat intake.
• Indulge in physical activities such as exercise, walking or jogging.
• Having a sound sleep.
• Being aware of the disease and it's preventing methods.
• Have regular check up.