Özet:

As a huge portion of our population is taken over by geriatrics i.e., they will be a key factor in the coming age-quake, when the elderly will comprise a large a share of the population, their care becomes an important aspect. Every 15 seconds, an older adult is admitted to the emergency room for a fall. A senior die from falling every 29 minutes, making it the lead cause of injury among the elderly. In addition to this there are few more problems older adults are more prone of which like memory loss, depression/loneliness, cataract and malnutrition. Quantitative research approach and pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on health promotion strategies regarding selected age-related problems among the caregiver of elderly in selected area Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The sample of 60 caregiver of elderly will be taken by using non-probability purposive sampling technique.  

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