Health promotion and older adults in Canada: The Canadian experience - "Putting life into years: Promoting health and joy in nursing homes."
Pat Armstrong
Chapter in Edited Book, 2021
Armstrong, P., Armstrong, H., & Choiniere, J. (2021). Putting life into years: Promoting health and joy in nursing homes. In I. Rootman, P. Edwards, M. Levasseur, & F. Grunberg (Eds.), Health promotion and older adults in Canada: The Canadian experience (pp. 438–450). Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Taking a unique look at health promotion and aging in Canada, this edited collection uses the action framework in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to explore the factors and issues related to the health of older adults. The book is organized around the five action areas for health promotion: building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and reorienting health and social services.
Adhering to the holistic approach that health in older age involves physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being, this comprehensive collection covers a wide range of interventions that are designed to benefit and protect the aging population’s health, quality of life, rights, and dignity, while building intergenerational solidarity and collaboration. Readers will learn about aging from a health promotion perspective; the context, environment, and issues related to older adults in Canada; as well as best practices in health promotion, public health, and the care of older adults. Promoting the Health of Older Adults is an invaluable resource for both graduate and undergraduate students in gerontology, health promotion, nursing, social work, and related fields.