Assessment and treatment of elderly persons

Abstract

Age, as the third age, brings with it a progressive decrease in working capacity and other resources. The approach in the assessment of current potential of old people at the beginning leads to an assessment instruments selection. Today the world uses a large number of tests and scales that are either designed for elderly people or not designed for elderly but can be used for evaluation of their functionality. Since, none of the classical assessment instruments did not satisfy our interest, we decided to use a battery of tests including: Mini Mental Status, Barthel index test, Quality of Life Scale, Scale of Loneliness and Rosenberg self-esteem scale. On the basis of results general and specific treatment programs for elderly persons were created and conducted it in the "JU Dom penzionera" in Tuzla. The results we got after the experimental period showed that stimulation of different sensomotor, postural, kinesthetic and visceral experiences significantly affect the change in the consciousness of the subject and reaching new levels of what is in the Western literature called "well-being" (a feeling of comfort, prosperity, balance, self-esteem, efficiency and value).