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Application of artificial sunlight for the elderly as a possible environmental nursing practice
Goto, Shigeru Nakano, Toshiaki Chen, Chao-Long Chiu, King-Wah Hsu, Li-Wen I, Seiko Chen, I-Hsuan Huang, Kuang-Tzu Chen, Ding-Wei Goto, Takeshi
Goto, Shigeru
Nakano, Toshiaki
Chen, Chao-Long
Chiu, King-Wah
Hsu, Li-Wen
I, Seiko
Chen, I-Hsuan
Huang, Kuang-Tzu
Chen, Ding-Wei
Goto, Takeshi
Author
Goto, Shigeru
Nakano, Toshiaki
Chen, Chao-Long
Chiu, King-Wah
Hsu, Li-Wen
I, Seiko
Chen, I-Hsuan
Huang, Kuang-Tzu
Chen, Ding-Wei
Goto, Takeshi
Omori, Naoya
Sato, Syuji
Kai, Hideki
Tsuruta, Wataru
Kai, Mashiko
Bahau, Simon Peter
Takaoka, Yuki
Tane, Eriko
Yuyama, Kayoko
Wano, Chieko
Inoue, Eiko
Lord, Roger
Iida, Kanae
Nakano, Toshiaki
Chen, Chao-Long
Chiu, King-Wah
Hsu, Li-Wen
I, Seiko
Chen, I-Hsuan
Huang, Kuang-Tzu
Chen, Ding-Wei
Goto, Takeshi
Omori, Naoya
Sato, Syuji
Kai, Hideki
Tsuruta, Wataru
Kai, Mashiko
Bahau, Simon Peter
Takaoka, Yuki
Tane, Eriko
Yuyama, Kayoko
Wano, Chieko
Inoue, Eiko
Lord, Roger
Iida, Kanae
Abstract
Aging and aged societies have arrived in many countries where significant development of medicine and the economy has been achieved. Japan is a highly aged society with a shortage of carers both at home and in long-term care settings. In fact, more persons of advanced age who do not need intensive care in hospitals strongly desire health care to be delivered in their own home with their family. Environmental nursing practice, which means that nurses improve the environment of patients or the elderly properly in accordance with healthcare considerations, is currently playing a more important role, not only to prevent the elderly from contracting various diseases, but also to provide a facility for supporting an aged person to live a fulfilling life, preferably one that includes independence. This approach will lead to a reduction in medical expenditure by increasing the number of aged people with healthy longevity without the need for hospitalization or intensive care. This short communication focuses on healthy lighting for the elderly based on our research and experience regarding the beneficial effects of artificial sunlight on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), asthma and food allergy, and ulcerative colitis in experimental animal models and clinical settings. Then, we review other studies and discuss how artificial sunlight would be useful for the elderly as one of the environmental nursing practices.
Keywords
Artificial Sunlight, Phototherapy, Elderly People, Environmental Nursing, Vitamin D
Date
2018
Type
Journal article
Journal
POJ Nursing Practice and Research
Book
Volume
2
Issue
1
Page Range
1-5
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Event URL
Open Access Status
Open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open