T/SDSGS 001-2023 Guidelines for the Prevention and Intervention of Disability and Partial Disability among the Elderly in Shandong Province

Scope

Main technical content: In order to actively address the problem of elderly disability in Shandong Province, improve the health management capacity of the elderly and enhance their quality of life in later years, this guideline summarizes the existing challenges in the care of disabled and semi-disabled elderly in our province, reduces the risk of disability, and further standardizes and guides the development of disability and semi-disability prevention and intervention work in our province. Entrusted by the Shandong Provincial Health Commission, the Shandong Provincial Gerontology Society, as the lead unit in drafting the guideline, actively organized relevant experts in Shandong Province to jointly formulate this guideline. The guideline is divided into three parts: basic concepts and assessment, risk factors for disability and semi-disability, and prevention and intervention of disability. In the part of basic concepts and assessment, the guideline introduces the concept and assessment standards of disability, the assessment objects, assessment time, assessment personnel, assessment methods, and assessment tools. In the part of risk factors for disability and semi-disability, it is mainly divided into two aspects: internal risk factors and external risk factors. Internal risk factors include biological factors, physical disease factors, health management factors, and psychological and mental factors. External risk factors include family factors and social factors. In the part of prevention and intervention of disability, it includes eight aspects: daily care management, exercise management, nutrition management, chronic disease management, cognitive management, mental health management, adverse event management, and social support management.

Development Information

Related Standards