Department of Community and Public Health, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Department of Community and Public Health, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Jun;49(2):133-45. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Mar 27.
Aging with independence benefits individuals, family, and society. To achieve independence, older adults must be able to function in their homes. This function is determined both by their abilities and by the environment in which they maneuver. This article describes a promising program that intervenes with both older adults and their home environments to improve function. This program, called CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders), is funded through the Affordable Care Act and can be scaled up nationally if determined to be a success in improving health and decreasing health care costs.
独立地老去对个人、家庭和社会都有益处。为了实现独立,老年人必须能够在家里活动。他们的活动能力既取决于他们自身的能力,也取决于他们所处的环境。本文介绍了一个有前景的项目,该项目同时干预老年人及其家庭环境,以改善其功能。该项目名为 CAPABLE(社区安老计划,提升老年人的生活质量),由《平价医疗法案》资助,如果该项目在改善健康和降低医疗成本方面被证明是成功的,就可以在全国范围内推广。