Examination of Successful Aging Conditions of Geriatric Home Health Patients

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to examine the successful aging conditions of geriatric home health patients.
METHODS: The design of this study is descriptive and cross-sectional. The study was conducted with 605 patients aged 60 and over who received service from the home health unit of a training and research hospital. IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 program was used in the analysis of the data.
RESULTS: The successful aging score of geriatric home health patients was found to be 32.46±12.74, which is considered low. A significant relationship was found between successful aging score and patients' age, marital status, education level, and chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer (p<0.05). In addition, a significant relationship was found between the duration of the patients receiving service from the home health unit and their gender, as well as the presence of a patient's relative who looked after them (p<0.05).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As a result, successful aging scores of geriatric home health patients are low. In order to ensure successful aging, home health units should work in coordination with preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health institutions and develop training modules to increase healthy life activities.