[Promote the autonomy and safety of the elderly: basic care]

The aging process brings with it changes to biological, psychological and social level that hinder the maintenance of the autonomy of older people and, consequently, decrease their quality of life. The progressive aging population, due to the health, social and economic development of recent times, generates new challenges to the professionals involved in the maintenance of the autonomy of this increasingly long-lived population group. One of the fundamental strategies for the maintenance of the satisfaction of new needs that have arisen is the promotion of self-care. Nurses are the leading providers of care and up to us much of the responsibility to cope with the new demands of care demanded by the population aging.