Noninstitutionalized older persons often assess their health as excellent to very good. An appropriate goal for community-oriented nurses working with older persons is:

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Noninstitutionalized older persons often assess their health as excellent to very good, but functional decline can still occur. The appropriate goal for community-oriented nurses working with older persons should be to help older people maximize their functional status and minimize functional decline by promoting health behaviors, self-care, and autonomy in daily living activities. Assessing chronic illnesses and making medication recommendations, finding family members to help with socioeconomic issues, and assisting older persons to find suitable housing can also be important, but they do not directly address the goal of maximizing functional status and minimizing functional decline.

Noninstitutionalized Older Persons Often Assess Their Health as Excellent to Very