@article{article_1745537, title={Elderly Health Services in Primary Health Care Institutions and Nursing Approach}, journal={Experimental and Applied Medical Science}, volume={6}, pages={220–230}, year={2025}, DOI={10.46871/eams.1745537}, url={https://izlik.org/JA62FH28PD}, author={Baş, Emine}, keywords={koruyucu sağlık, hemşire, yaşlı}, abstract={The proportion of elderly population is increasing day by day all over the world. According to 2024 data in Turkey, the elderly population rate reached 10.6% and is expected to be 17.9% in 2040 according to population projections. Health problems associated with aging are generally serious and highly lethal diseases. For this reason, elderly care provided in primary health care institutions is extremely important for the protection and improvement of the health of the elderly. Primary health care services in Turkey are provided through the family medicine system. Elderly individuals are evaluated in all aspects using the elderly monitoring module in Family Health Centers. Comprehensive assessment of the elderly is a team service. The nurse targeting elderly care is one of the active and important members of this team. With the nursing services provided, diseases are diagnosed early, disabilities that may be caused by diseases are prevented, and dependencies in the elderly are reduced. In this context, the nurse assesses the needs of elderly individuals and determines their priorities, diagnoses the individual according to physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual dimensions, plans and implements appropriate interventions and evaluates the results. The increase in the elderly population necessitates the planning of preventive services. Vaccination, protection from accidents, education, screening, and prevention of complications are among the most important preventive health services offered to the elderly. In this review, the scope of health services provided to the elderly in primary health care institutions, preventive health approaches and nursing services were discussed.}, number={3}