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COJ Nursing & Healthcare

A Tailored Approach is Key: the Health Guardian for Longevity Program Uses Mobile Technology to Sustain Healthy Life Behaviors

  • Open or Close Freida Pemberton*

    Molloy College, USA

    *Corresponding author: Freida Pemberton, Full Professor of Nursing, Molloy College, Barbara H Hagan Center for Nursing Building-Office 217, USA

Submission: August 17, 2017; Published: October 06, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2017.01.000501

ISSN: 2577-2007
Volume1 Issue1

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to generate interest and excitement in an innovative approach to patient-centered, custom-tailored health care that is offered by the Health Guardian for Longevity program. The Health Guardian for Longevity program reflects an assimilation of the principals of nursing informatics and integrates the sciences of nursing, information, and computer, designed to improve the quality of care and sustain healthy life-style behaviors that incorporate the individual, family, and community uniqueness. The Health Guardian for Longevity program takes in hand the client’s assessed data, while activating the powerful tools of mobile, interactive, remote, video, and virtual technologies, as well as selected learning models and behavioral theories.

The ultimate goal of this construct is to provide tailored centered patient care that addresses the holistic needs of the individual. In addition, the program focus is on initiatives that have the potential to enhance the opportunity for patients to become effective self-managers of care. This multifaceted approach to health care allows caregivers and their patients to focus on the patient’s unique needs to restore, maintain, and integrate healthier behavioral practices. In conclusion, the author illustrates the application of the Health Guardian for Longevity Program and highlights plans for implementation both nationally and internationally. A case study of the impact of the Health Guardian for Longevity Program on sustainability of healthy life-style behaviors is forthcoming.

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