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Self-care is the activity that individuals initiate and perform in order to maintain their own life, health and well-being. Humans are both capable and willing to perform self-care activities. Nevertheless, capacity for meeting self-care needs may be modified by aging. Therefore, there might be a time when the older persons cannot perform self-care independently. Related with the self-care deficit theory of Orem, when the older person cannot meet their self-care demands, nursing is needed. But in any system where the nurse exists, the care should be designed based on self-care needs and…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Self-care is the activity that individuals initiate and perform in order to maintain their own life, health and well-being. Humans are both capable and willing to perform self-care activities. Nevertheless, capacity for meeting self-care needs may be modified by aging. Therefore, there might be a time when the older persons cannot perform self-care independently. Related with the self-care deficit theory of Orem, when the older person cannot meet their self-care demands, nursing is needed. But in any system where the nurse exists, the care should be designed based on self-care needs and abilities of the older person concerned. The description of older person s experience, in terms of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on self-care and maintaining health will be used to determine nursing needs of older persons for health promotion and self-care. This book supply evidence-based nursing information and practice with regards to provision of self-care and nursing need to older persons of Makassarese tribe, a major tribe in Eastern part of Indonesia.
Autorenporträt
Andi Masyitha Irwan is a lecturer at School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia. She teaches Gerontological Nursing. She finished her bachelor of nursing degree at the same school in 2005 and did her master in Adult Health Nursing specialization at College of Nursing, University of the Philippines, Manila in 2012.