Prevention of reducing functional decline in hospitalized older adults

Abstract

Preventing decreased physical and functional activity in older adults during hospitalization is a geriatric care protocol for nurses. The frailty and the formation of long-term care dependence is a stronger predictor of mortality and is more important for assessing the prognosis for the quality of life and surviving an older patient than even the presence of specific diseases and maintaining a baseline level of daily activity for the patient. Activities aimed at maintaining physical, cognitive, and social functioning (increasing physical activity, socialization, etc.) will help ensure an increase in the level of physical functioning and older patients' safety.