A Public Health Nursing Approach for the Elderly: Physical Activity Consulting

Aging is a period that should be handled specially by health workers as it is accompanied by pathological events that reduce the quality of life. One of the most important issues in terms of health during this period is physical activity. The benefits of physical activity and physical activity in the elderly in providing a healthy life and functional independence and improving the quality of life are mentioned. The purpose of this review shed light on the state of the physical activity by the elderly population, which is increasing in Turkey just like in the world, and a counseling approach to be provided to the elderly regarding physical activity, the counseling to be given to the elderly on physical activity and the strategies that will guide the physical activity counseling especially to the public health nurses are discussed. It was aimed to encourage public health nurses regarding counseling strategies and advanced practices on the issue of exercise counseling by allowing them to use their role of counseling which is among their professional roles. It was shown that public health nurses may present counseling in carefully planned sessions to increase physical activity in the elderly by a review of the relevant literature.