Elderly in the Community

Promoting the Health Promotion for the Elderly in the Community
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Promoting the Health Promotion for the Elderly in the Community
Health Promotion Program
The aim of the program is to promote the health promotion in regards to the chronic disease self-management. The program will involve a two-month workshop created due to the previous success achieved. The workshop is structured for the elderly people with one or more progressive diseases, such as cancer, arthritis, depression, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and HIV/AIDS, stroke, and lung disease (Harris, 2012). The program will be financed by the management of Aging’s Empowering Elder People and older People with Disabilities via progressive disease self-management training programs. The services systems will be conducted across the nation, including the rural regions, following the attainment of the grantees financed by the federal agencies and other initiatives.
Further, the elder people will be reached via the help of the churches, community heads, professionals, volunteers, and community centers. The program is a two-month workshop with 3.5-hour interactive meeting spearheaded by a couple of qualified, peer organizers, at least an individual with a progressive disease (Harris, 2012). One of the services offered in the program will be skill-creation associated with problem-solving, tackling difficult feelings, and interacting effectively with friends, family, and healthcare providers.

Again, the program will provide the health strategies associated with healthy diet, safe exercise, and physical activities, and manage fatigue and pain, through appropriate use of drugs and obtain a good and enough sleep, among others (Belza et al., 2015). On the other hand, the results to be achieved through the program are the improvements in the communication with the nurses, exercise, and health distress and fatigue, for the elderly people.
Implementation of the Program
The program will be implemented through establishing supportive environments in which the stakeholders are involved to offer the required resources, such as finances, to facilitate the program activities (Belza et al., 2015). Also, the healthcare providers will develop health public rules and policies that will ensure that all the participants behave with credibility and ethically towards the achievement of the objectives (Belza et al., 2015). The program will involve all the participants in all the interactive sessions, making them aware of the chronic conditions and educating them on how they can control the diseases.

References
Belza, B., Petrescu-Prahova, M., Kohn, M., Miyawaki, C. E., Farren, L., Kline, G., & Heston, A. H. (2015). Adoption of Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs: Perspectives of Early Adopters of Enhanced Fitness in YMCA-Affiliated Sites. Evidence-Based Programming for Older Adults, 288.
Harris, J. R. (2012). A Framework for Disseminating Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9.