Health Promotion Report - Promoting Health in Elderly Patients

This report delves into the realm of health promotion, emphasizing its significance in aged care facilities and nursing homes. It outlines the key elements of health promotion, including the importance of good governance, health literacy, and the development of healthy cities. The report specifically highlights the role of Brisbane health services in providing primary care, promoting good health, and assisting patients in managing their health conditions, particularly for those with Alzheimer's. The report further provides insights into the care of an 83-year-old patient, Rosa Antonio, residing in a nursing home, and the strategies employed by a registered nurse to support her health and well-being. The report also includes references to relevant literature and research to support the concepts discussed.

Health Promotion
INTRODUCTION
Health promotion is referred to the process in which
people are inspire to increase their control and improve
their own health. This includes wide variety of social and
environmental interventions that benefits individuals by
protecting their health and providing quality life by
addressing and preventing root causes of ill health, not
only focusing on cure and treatment. This brochure will
include key elements of health promotion which is crucial
for patients and others. It will also include information
regarding Brisbane support services available for patients
As mentioned above. Health promotion enable people to
increase their control over their health. Following are some
key elements of health promotion:
• Good governance for health: Health promotion
requires policy makers that are present in all government
department to focus majorly on health and make it a central
line of government policy. They should include health
implications into all their decision and prioritize polices
that protect people for becoming ill and prevent them from
possible injuries.
• Health literacy: In order to opt healthy choices,
people need to acquire knowledge, skills and information.
• Healthy cities: The strong commitment and
leadership at municipal level can ensure healthy cities as
they can formulate preventive measure in communities and
provide primary health care facilities
Elements of Health
promotion

I am a registered nurse and has been taking care of
Rosa Antonio, which is 83-year-old and is living in
Residential Aged Care Facility (Nursing Home). She
is suffering from Alzheimer, which is a mental
condition that destroys memory and mental
functionality. As a care taker it is my duty to enable
Rosa to focus on their health and brief their family
related to health promotion and inspire her to remind
lost memories.
There are community health services in
Brisbane which provide medical services to
people with Rosa's condition. They provide
following health services:
• Provide primary health care services.
• Encourage good health and advise how
to prevent ill health.
• Help people to manage health
conditions.
Reflection Health Service in
Brisbane
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