INDUSTRIAL SESSION
“CARE OF ELDERLY: A SOLUTION FOR DISABILITY (PRACTICAL GUIDE OF PPCR MODEL FOR REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS)”
- Learning objective 1: To understand the relationship between aging and disability and application of PPCR model to reduce disability in aging.
- Learning objective 2: To be able to offer evidence-based advice on appropriate exercises based on the PPCR model.
People worldwide are living longer. By 2050, the world’s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015. At a biological level, aging is associated with the gradual accumulation of a wide variety of molecular and cellular damage over time. This damage leads to a gradual decrease in physical and mental capacity, an increased risk of many diseases, and a general decline in the capacity of the individual. Common conditions in older age include hearing loss, cataracts, and refractive errors, back, and neck pain and osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, depression, and dementia. Furthermore, as people age, they are more likely to experience several conditions at the same time. Older age is also characterized by the emergence of several complex health states that tend to occur only later in life and that do not fall into discrete disease categories. These are commonly called geriatric syndromes. They are often the consequence of multiple underlying factors and include frailty, urinary incontinence, falls, delirium, and pressure ulcers. Inactivity in old age is another factor that may cause or furthers these health-related problems.
The changes of the body and health in older age, with or without the influence of environmental factors lead to lower functional ability and participation and confined them into the state of disability. This process can be limited by influencing the changes in the body and health in older age. Most of the body changes and health conditions, which may lead the older people into disability can be influenced through measures including physical exercises and physical activities.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided recommendations for sufficient amounts of physical activity for adults and older adults since this has significant health benefits and helps prevent some non-communicable diseases. However, the expected amount of physical activities has not been reached due to various reasons. The PPCR model provides a practical way to provide sufficient amounts of exercises for this target group. This model suggested to achieve this influence through either “Prehabilitation”, “Prevention”, “Cure” or “Rehabilitation” or with a combination of these approaches. This system mainly consists of a home and community based and also a user-friendly approach.
