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Nursing assessment:
Age-related change.
Risk factors.
Negative functional consequences.

Risk factors:
Age-related Negative functional - Pathologic condition.
changes: consequences: - Physiologic&
- physiolo- vulnerability to risk psychological
gic function. factors. stressors.
- potential health and - Environmen-
for psychoso- functioning. tal barriers.
cial & spiritu- quality of life. - Adverse medi-
al growth. cation effects.
- Ageist of information.

Nursing interventions:
Addressing risk factors.
Teaching about health promotion.
Referring for additional care.

Wellness outcomes (positive

functional consequence):
safety and functioning.
quality of life and well-being.

Gambar The functional consequences theory for promoting cognitive wellness in

older adults. Age-related changes and risk factors combine to cause
negative functional cosequences. Nurses holistically assess older
adults and initiate interventions to counteract or minimize negative
functional consequences. Nursing actions result in wellness outcomes,
or positive functional consequences. (From: Miller, C.A. 2009.
Nursing for wellness in older adults. 5th Edition ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).