Young Cathy, Conard Patricia L, Armstrong Myrna L, Lacy Darlene
Texas Christian University.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
J Holist Nurs. 2018 Sep;36(3):291-300. doi: 10.1177/0898010117713582. Epub 2017 Jun 19.
Almost 44% of our nation's 23 million men and women veterans are 65 years of age or older. Most are proud of their service, yet many believe their services for our country were forgotten, especially those in combat between 1950 and 1975.
Further information to ultimately assist their holistic well-being will be important for nursing practice as countless older veterans are beginning to obtain more care within civilian facilities. Using the Korean War (1950-1953) as a backdrop to illustrate the interconnectiveness of older veteran physical, emotional, and spiritual concerns that can occur from a military deployment, the major purposes of this article are to provide a brief historical snapshot of that war and discuss prior-era military environmental situations that now are producing the lingering effects from their combat exposure.
Relevant literature about the Korean War and Veterans was compiled.
Some of these health risks for both the Korean men and women veterans are cold exposure, neurologic, and posttraumatic stress disorder concerns, as well as the need for hepatitis C and suicide assessments.
To ultimately improve their bio-psycho-socio-spiritual well-being, prompt identification of the older military veteran, their lingering combat effects, and reminiscing will be important.
在我国2300万男女退伍军人中，近44%的人年龄在65岁及以上。大多数人对自己的服役经历感到自豪，但许多人认为他们为国家做出的贡献被遗忘了，尤其是那些在1950年至1975年期间参加过战斗的人。
随着无数老年退伍军人开始在民用设施中获得更多护理，进一步了解最终有助于他们整体健康的信息对护理实践非常重要。以朝鲜战争（1950 - 1953年）为背景，说明军事部署可能引发的老年退伍军人身体、情感和精神问题之间的相互联系，本文的主要目的是提供那场战争的简要历史概况，并讨论当时的军事环境状况，这些状况至今仍在对他们的战斗经历产生持久影响。
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朝鲜男女退伍军人面临的一些健康风险包括寒冷暴露、神经系统问题、创伤后应激障碍，以及进行丙型肝炎和自杀评估的必要性。
为了最终改善他们的生物 - 心理 - 社会 - 精神健康状况，及时识别老年退伍军人、他们挥之不去的战斗影响以及回忆往事将非常重要。
