To enter into the nursing care in the elderly is important to understand and differentiate these concepts:
The GERONTOLOGY is the science of aging and an aging population. It deals, in the area of health promotion strictly health issues in addition to addressing biological, psychological and social.
GERIATRICS is the branch of medicine that studies the acute and chronic diseases of older patients in their clinical, therapeutic, preventive and social aspects.
GERIATRIC NURSING FUNCTIONS
Welfare function
Is to help the healthy elderly or sick to keep or regain health so you can carry out the tasks that allow the greatest degree of independence possible.
Social function
The health statistics indicates that our society is aging and yet social resources are managed by the workforce. The social function of nursing is to be understood as a liaison between the elderly and the rest of the population.
Management and administrative function
The human and physical resources are always limited, so it is important to take care, take advantage and make the most of them.
Teaching Function
The wisdom, knowledge, practice and skills, is something that should be transmitted to advance and improve the quality of care.
Research-training function
We assist with admiration to the changes that are taking place around us and wonder is greater if you look specifically at the evolution and medical-health changes.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Base de datos del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, 2009.
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http://www.ivie.es/downloads/np/NP_tablas_mortalidad_Ivie_240310.pdf
Vernet Aguiló F. Conceptos básicos de enfermería en la atención gerontológica según el Modelo V. Henderson, 2007. Disponible en:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1134-928X2007000200004&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es
Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología [sede Web]. Madrid: Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología; [acceso el 29 de abril de 2012]. Disponible en: http://www.segg.es2.
