How to evaluate the health status of the elderly

With the change of medical model, people's health awareness is deepening. "Health is not only the absence of disease and pain, but also physical, psychological and social well-being." The real health of the elderly should be: the body.

A group of elderly people with good health, social health, economic health, mental health and intellectual health. Therefore, the evaluation of the health status of the elderly needs to adopt multi-dimensional evaluation methods, which can be analyzed from the following five aspects:

Understanding the daily life function of the elderly from the analysis of daily life function is the most important field to measure their independent living ability and evaluate their health status. The measurement includes two aspects: (1) daily physical activities, such as dressing,

Take a bath, go to the toilet and other basic functions, whether it is self-care or need help and care. (2) Daily functional activities, such as shopping, cooking and making phone calls, reflect the ability of the elderly to operate housework and participate in social activities.

Foundation. These two aspects are the basic conditions to reflect whether the elderly can live independently.

Comprehensive physical health status

Physical health can be comprehensively analyzed from the aspects of health self-evaluation, medical symptoms and chronic diseases. , usually based on three aspects: (1) good health, standard physical indicators, and no obvious hunchback or abnormal deformity.

(2) Have certain physical strength, flexible limbs, stable gait, corresponding hearing and vision, and no obvious neuroendocrine dysfunction. (3) No obvious pathological defects and organic diseases were found.

Mental health assessment should be comprehensive.

Mental health means that their psychological behavior can adapt to changes in the environment. At present, there are ten evaluation criteria: (1) full of security. (2) Have self-knowledge. (3) Realistic life goals. (4) can with weeks

Keep good contact with the surrounding environment. (5) can maintain the integrity and harmony of their own personality. (6) the ability to learn from experience. (7) Emotion is open-minded and controlled. (8) Maintain good and appropriate interpersonal communication.

(9) Be able to play an appropriate personal role within the scope permitted by the collective. (10) Within the social norms, it only meets the basic needs of individuals.

Social health measurement standard

The elderly should focus on measuring the individual's ability to participate in society, including the following contents: (1) Have certain social adaptability. (2) Being able to cope with certain nerve pressure. (3) Have certain social skills.

(4) Have a harmonious social relationship. (5) The goal of life is realistic, and you can deal with the problems around you realistically.

(6) Meet the basic needs given by social norms.

The economic situation is used as a reference judgment.

The economic situation of the elderly often affects their material and spiritual life widely. Absolute poverty and relative poverty have obvious effects on health. As the saying goes, "the wealth of the family is rich, and the youth is successful", which means that the economic situation is related to people's health. The evaluation method is based on whether their economic income and personal expenses are balanced, or whether they rely on support.