Preventative Home Aging Research

There is no denying that our body starts the process of aging as soon as we are born into this world. Through biological and social level, everyone experienced aging as it was defined to be calculated by the number of years a person has lived (Aldwin). The term aging should be used in a content that helps the societal to understand and to adapt physically and mentally when talking about the number of years a person has been alive. The classification of later life (old) falls into three categories: young-old, old-old and oldest-old (Aldwin). A group of people who is between the ages of 65-79 is called young-old, those who are between 80-99 is called old-old, those who are age 100 or older is called oldest-old or centenarians (Alwin). These
From the health perspective, preventive home visits and caregiver support are models that focus on chronic care among the older adult population. Preventative home visits are multidimensional, with care from the health team, to provide in-home assessments that treat and prevent any existing health problems (Boult, et al., 2009). With this model, it allows for older adult population to be taken care of at their own home, so they can live independently while being supervised for their healthcare. The caregiver support is designed to provide training, emotional support and coping strategies for family members of those older adults that is living with chronic conditions like stroke and dementia (Boult, et al., 2009). This model benefits both for the older adult and their family members because it acknowledges the fact that the burden can sometimes are on not just the older adult, but also the family members that is taking care of him/her. From the social service perspective, the main goal is to create social environments that will promote good health and functioning for the older adults. Community based services like home care, adult day care, transportation; congregate meals to ensure those with limited functioning will still be taking care off (p.point, Older Adults and Health Care System). Both models implemented the health and social service view that provides support for the older adult population so that they are not living in isolation with lack of social