老年人的息护理 退伍军人
Eva P Szymanski1, Simon Wallace2, Deborah Way2
1Division of Geriatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Geriatrics and Extended Care Program, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Annals of palliative medicine
|December 21, 2023
概括
年长的退伍军人面临着独特的健康挑战,包括残疾和严重疾病. 息护理为老年退伍军人提供了至关重要的支持,通过退伍军人卫生管理局的服务提高了他们的生活质量和管理复杂的疾病.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 抚慰性护理是一种缓解性护理.
- 退伍军人健康 退伍军人的健康
背景情况:
- 美国老龄化军人退伍军人人口中,功能障碍,感官障碍,老年综合征 (虚弱,痴呆) 和严重疾病的患病率很高.
- 与一般平民人口相比,退伍军人的精神健康障碍率更高.
- 这些因素在老年退伍军人中创造了对专门的息护理服务的显著需求.
研究的目的:
- 讨论老龄化的美国退伍军人独特的息护理需求.
- 突出缓解护理在管理复杂疾病和提高退伍军人的生活质量方面的好处.
- 分享有关退伍军人卫生管理局 (VHA) 提供的相关息护理资源和服务的信息.
主要方法:
- 这是一个复习文章.
- 作者综合了有关老龄化退伍军人健康和息护理的现有文献.
- 汇编和讨论了关于VHA服务的信息.
主要成果:
- 老龄化退伍军人存在复杂的健康问题,包括多病症和心理健康障碍,需要息治疗.
- 息护理与VHA提高生活质量和提供符合目标的护理的目标保持一致.
- 息护理促进专家的症状管理,以退伍军人为中心的护理规划,并支持复杂的医疗决策.
结论:
- 息护理对于解决老龄化退伍军人人口的多方面的需求至关重要.
- 退伍军人健康管理局提供了可以与息治疗整合的资源,以支持患有严重疾病的退伍军人.
- 早期和一致的息护理参与可以显著改善老年退伍军人的整体护理和福祉.
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