What aspects does the concept of providing for the aged include?

Home-based care for the aged mainly serves the elderly, including other people who need to provide home-based care for the aged, mainly including: people whose physical and mental functions are impaired due to aging, people who need to rest at home after discharge, people who need assistance from others in their daily lives, and people who are disabled due to diseases, such as hemiplegia after stroke, visual impairment, hearing impairment, Alzheimer's disease, etc.

2. The purpose of home-based care for the elderly

The purpose of home-based care for the aged is to provide corresponding services to help the elderly and families enjoy an independent life as much as possible. Therefore, home care for the elderly has the following purposes:

(1) Improve the self-care ability and independent living ability of the elderly. While providing life care for the elderly, elderly nurses should try their best to involve the elderly and their families in nursing activities, help the elderly to do what they can, and avoid unnecessary nursing dependence and over-care. At the same time, discuss with the elderly what they can and cannot do, train their functions as much as possible, give full play to their self-care potential, enhance and maintain their self-care ability, and delay their functional decline.

(2) Ensure the safety and comfort of the elderly. The elderly, especially the very old, are prone to accidental injuries in their daily lives because of the decline of their sensory function, reaction ability and balance ability. Therefore, the safety protection in home care is very important. We should pay attention to the primary cause of any injury and consider the prevention of accidents from the aspects of equipment, articles, environment and nursing technology.

(3) Maintain the self-esteem of the elderly. Nursing staff provide necessary life care for the elderly, respect their living habits and maintain their image dignity; Protect the privacy of the elderly, don't talk about indecent events of the elderly in public, and meet their psychological needs.