COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN-BACOLOD

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS

B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod City

Implications from the 2015 WHO report on the Aging population

Over the past 50 years, socioeconomic

development in most regions has been accompanied by
large reductions in fertility and equally dramatic
increases in life expectancy. This phenomenon has led
to rapid changes in the demographics of populations
around the world: the proportion of older people in
general populations has increased substantially within a
relatively short period of time. Numerous underlying
physiological changes occur with increasing age, and
for older people the risks of developing chronic disease
and care dependency increase. By the age of 60 years,
the major burden of disability and death arises from
age-related losses in hearing, seeing and moving, and
conditions such as dementia, heart disease, stroke,
chronic respiratory disorder, diabetes and
musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis and
back pain.
The 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) World report on ageing and health
defines the goal of Healthy Ageing as helping people in “developing and maintaining
the functional ability that enables wellbeing”. Functional ability is defined in the
report as the “health-related attributes that enable people to be and to do what
they have reason to value”. Intrinsic capacity, finally, is “the composite of all of the
physical and mental capacities that an individual can draw on”. The WHO public
health framework for Healthy Ageing focuses on the goal of maintaining intrinsic
capacity and functional ability across the life course. Health care professionals in clinical
settings can detect declines in physical and mental capacities (clinically expressed as
impairments) and deliver effective interventions to prevent and delay progression. Yet
early markers of declines in intrinsic capacity, such as decreased gait speed or muscle
strength, are often not identified, treated or monitored, which are crucial actions if these
declines are to be reversed or delayed. The majority of health care professionals lack
guidance or training to recognize and manage impairments in older age. There is a
pressing need to develop comprehensive community-based approaches and to
introduce interventions at the primary health care level to prevent declines in capacity.
These guidelines address this need
 COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN-BACOLOD
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS
B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod City

WEEK 1. WORKSHEET 1

Can you provide one specific Nursing Education (and thoroughly explain its benefit )
in applying the definition of Healthy Aging in the following elderly groups?
Grandparents/elderly members in your family Circle:
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Senior Citizen Group in your locality/town/City:

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With this statement from the report “The majority of health care professionals lack
guidance or training to recognize and manage impairments in older age” can you
predict or cite one factor that would have placed a major influenced in this issue?
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Note: Upon submission, do not include the first page.

Submit your worksheet with this filename format : parpa.worksheet1W1
 COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN-BACOLOD
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS
B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod City

EQUIVALENT POINTS FOR GRADING: 50PTS

RUBRICS FOR GRADING
50 pts:100% 45pts: 90% 40pts:60%

Excellent Satisfactory Poor

Clear , relevant and Reasonable Statement not

comprehensive discussion. organized and
presentation. But lacks comprehensive.
comprehensive
presentation