Health Care and Quality of Life for the Older Adults in Next Normal
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Health Care, Quality of Life, Older Adults, Next NormalAbstract
The social changes influenced Covid-19 outbreak affects older adults’ lifestyle and quality of life adjusted from the normal era to the new normal one. Health care must be changed consequently in order to solve health problems within the context of communities. At present, the continuous health care for elderly is divided into 4 forms; acute care, medium term rehabilitation car, long term care, and supportive care. The health care problems are caused by many factors, including physical deterioration, adaptation, economy, accessibility to health systems, and Covid-19 outbreak. Health care changed in the new normal era has focused on preventing the new cases by implementing measures of reducing transportation, DMHTT, and vaccination which cannot control the disease, especially among older adults. Health care for those older adults in the next normal era must be adjusted accordingly to their lifestyles relating Covid-19 becoming an endemic disease by reducing disease contacts and promoting application of information technology and artificial intelligence providing care to the older persons in care services and communities. There should be promotions of self-care efficacy of the older persons, families, and community leaders so that they can cooperate in promoting well-being of the older persons in the next normal era.
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