Role of Nurses in Implementation of Public Health Report
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Loneliness of elders in Carehomes
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Role of nurses in implementation of public health perspectives and health promotion strategieson elders in care home.................................................................................................................1Public health interventions for effectively improving health and well being of elders in carehome............................................................................................................................................2Assessing the requirements of specific communication and personal skills in collaborativehealth care planning.....................................................................................................................3Impact of political, social, economic and cultural factors influencing public health..................4CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONLoneliness is not necessarily attached to the state of being alone. Rather, it is a perception ofbeing alone which is made by an individual in his mind due to state of isolation in the newsurroundings.On the contrary, it can also be defined as an individual’s subjective emotionalstate. A survey has stated that more than 4,00,000 people belonging to the age group of 65 andabove are currently residing in care homes in UK. A major role is played by nurses in publichealth promotion. Based upon the severity of the potential illness care plan is designed so that itsimpact on mental and physical health can be reduced to the minimum. The public health issuethat will be discussed in the report is prevalence of loneliness among elders residing in carehome. Over 1 million people residing in care home are reported to feel lonely all the time (Rantzand et.al 2015). Numerous studies have reflected a strong correlation between loneliness anddeteriorating health. The report makes comprehensive discussion on role of nurses in healthpromotion strategies. The report will further discuss regarding various public health interventionstrategies being adopted to combat the issue. Moreover, collaborative health care planning willbe critically appraised in diverse user group. In the end, the report will focus upon variouspolitical, social, economic and cultural factor influencing public health. Poster is an effective and attractive format to attract large number of people towards it. Itcan help in drawing attention of many and can easily communicate the depth in few words withthe help of graphics and pictures. Hence, it can be an effective format for health promotionactivities. Therefore, it has been used so that awareness regarding loneliness among elders incare home can be spread. It will help in providing appropriate information to large chunk ofpeople. Moreover, it is a cost effective yet self-explanatory way to address any health promotionactivity which may reach a comparatively wider audience. Hence, it will help in yielding a betteroutcome. Role of nurses in implementation of public health perspectives and health promotion strategieson elders in care homeAccording to Francescato and et.al., (2017), loneliness of elders in care home is consideredto be a delicate issue which require adequate amount of attention from the side of nurses whohave been appointed to take care of them. It has been noticed that elders are neglected from therange of health promotional activities. Loneliness is considered to be a disease and it has beenascertained that more than 9 million people are affected to it. A direct connection of loneliness1
has been found to sense of disconnection and isolation, constant negative and unpleasant feeling,deficient social relationships etc. There are higher chances that the elderly individual can also gothrough depression, suicidal ideation and par-suicide incidents. Hence, it develops a requirementto promote health promotion resourcing in care home so as to combat loneliness prevailing inelderly people. However, as per the views of Theurer and et.al., (2015), nurses are the firstperson who comes in direct contact of elders. Further, they are brought to possess unique set ofskills which are required in planning, implementing and evaluating public health interventions.They hold adequate amount of knowledge and experience regarding disease. They are also awareof clinical implication of the adoption of public health interventions being prepared to combatthe issue of prevalence of loneliness among elders in care home. According to Carroll and et.al. (2016), an argument has suggested that, in every type ofsetting, nurses are engaged to promote and protect health of people living in care home. Some ofthe common practices being adopted by them include, health education and input of policies inthe organization in such a manner that prevalence of loneliness can be reduced to the minimum.Since, loneliness is directly aligned to decreased résistance to infection, cognitive decline,prevalence of acute mental health conditions, such as, dementia and depression, role of nurses inits intervention increases. The interventions adopted by nurses to deal with the issue include,social skill training, enhanced social support through befriending volunteer programme, givingadequate amount of opportunity for social interactions, social cognitive training which can beinclusive of self-management group session. These interventions may or may not betechnologically assisted. Conversely, it is an effective choice for the elders as it can help inreaching towards the core of the issue and engaging them in the activities that can certainly bringimprovement in their mental as well as physical health. A strong influence of these interventionprogramme can be addressed on beliefs, thoughts and behaviour of the individuals residing incare home. It will help them in adopting better lifestyle and coping with the issue of loneliness aswell. Social interaction and support will give them adequate opportunities to interact and developtheir thoughts. However, in contrast to this as per the views of Gerst-Emerson and Jayawardhana(2015), more than half of the people belonging to the age group of 75 and above tends to livealone and one of these 10 individuals tend to suffer from the consequences of loneliness. It hasbecome a public health issue with the aging population of UK. Nurses tend to hold a uniqueposition in dealing with the issue. Bringing constant changes in living arrangements of care2
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