Advancing Well-Being and Health of Elderly with Integrative Nursing Principles

Abstract

There is a need for holistic care for the survival of the elderly, to increase their independence in theirdaily life activities, to improve their health and their well-being in order to ensure a healthy aging.Integrative nursing principles are a field of application of holistic philosophy and may be a guide tohealth professionals in improving the health of individuals, families and communities. These principleswere first announced in 2014, and have been described as a health approach that takes the individual,family and society as a whole together with their environment and relationships and adopts the principleof using all the healing methods in health care. Integrative nursing principles can be used as a guide toholistic assessment and improvement of the health of the elderly. Interventions who take care of themwith the environment they live in (home visits), support their existing healing process (focusing to patientduring nursing care), benefit from the healing effect of the nature (spending time in nature), strengthenthe relationship (mobilization of the social environment) and use all evidence-based healing methods(yoga, tai chi) should be included in the care of elderly individuals. Health professionals should learnintegrative nursing principles and care for these principles in order to improve the health and well-beingof the elderly. Giving care according to integrative nursing principles can increase the quality of life of theelderly and reduce health spending.