Healthy Aging : Focus on the elderly people living at home with cardiovascular disease

The study was based on Healthy aging with emphasis on the elderly people living at home and suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Aim of the study was to explore the subject ''Healthy aging'' in relation to the elderly people. Answers were provided to the research question: What can home care nurses do to improve and maintain healthy heart of the elderly? The method used in the study was Systematic literature review and 37 journals from academic databases such as Sciencedirect, Ovid and Cinahl were reviewed while all the articles used were properly referenced in the reference list. To explain the phenomenon of healthy aging theoretically, Psycho social theory and Activity theory of aging were critically explored. The articles that contributes largely to the results were analyzed in a tabular form in the appendix page and the results of the study show that home care nurses can impact the health of the elderly people socially, psychologically and physically through various means outlined in the results chapter. The study was concluded by suggesting a research topic ’’ Effect of Ageing well from adulthood’’ which could be explored in the nearest future by the future researchers in this field.