Rehabilitation of the elderly cardiac patient.
The goals of the rehabilitative approach in the elderly patient with cardiac disease include the preservation and maintenance of a level of physical functional capacity, strength, and coordination which will enable mobility and self-sufficiency; the sustenance, and reenforcement of mental functional integrity in terms of alertness, self-respect, and self-confidence; the prevention or limitation of anxiety and depression; and the encouragement of readjustment to family, community and society.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans