The importance of quaternary prevention in promoting the health of the elderly in Brazil

Abstract

Objective: To understand the importance of quaternary prevention in promoting the health of the elderly in Brazil. Bibliographic review: People over 60 years of age are the ones who most seek health services. Therefore, drug association and screening tests for various diseases are very common in order to provide an improvement in health and, therefore, guarantee the longevity of patients in this age group. For the health care of the elderly to be effective and not harmful, it is important to build a successful doctor-patient relationship, guaranteed through effective communication that is defined from the transmission and receiving of information, making it possible to understand the patient in full. Final considerations: Quaternary prevention is essential in the health care of the Brazilian population, especially with regard to the elderly who, because they are vulnerable in various biopsychosocial aspects, suffer excessively from the side effects of diagnostic excesses of therapeutics that negatively influence the their organic functionality.