The traditional idea of the elderly person who waits for the day of death is one of the past. Today, retirement years are full of activities and opportunities.
The senior citizen stage is often one of ambitious plans. Many anxiously wait for the moment when they can retire so they can carry out projects that are difficult to accomplish now.
However, with age, there are also health risks and other problems that require preparation. They are the object of this unit.
Keep Fit
If one aims at well-being and longevity. It is of utmost interest that the elderly maintain a moderate plan of physical exercise, adequate to their age. This can be attained by keeping active during the retirement years. Read the following advice and try to put it to work.
Home Accident Prevention
Older persons experience a gradual downfall of their action speed and loses their sense of perception. This increases the probability of home accidents occurrence. The large majority of the domestic accidents that happens could be avoided by following these simple tips:
In the Bathroom…..
- Place a rubber suction mat on the shower or bathtub floor.
- Install safety handles in the shower or bathtub
- Avoid loose carpets where you may easily trip and fall down.
- Do not lock yourself ever in the bathroom in case you might need help.
- Do not set the water heater at a very high temperature, in case you forgot you can mistakenly hurt your body.
- If any plug sparks or is loose, call the electricians to get it repaired immediately. The bathroom is a zone of high risk for electrocution.
In the Kitchen
- Keep frequently used utensils within easy reach.
- Immediately clean up water or any form of liquid that has spilled and messed up the floor.
- Cook at a low flame or temperature when using gas cooker and electric cooker, because it is the best way to prevent fire outbreak.
- Keep clothes and kitchen towels away from the stove.
- Leave enough counter surface free upon which to rest a boiling pot.
- If you use gas, ask that the gas company perform regular checks on it before you will refilled the cylinder.
- After you are done cooking, take your time to make sure that everything is off.
In the Bedroom
- Install light switch at a point which you will be able to reach from your bed.
- Make sure that the bed is at the right height, not too low and not too high for you.
- Check over the phone cable and the lamb cable that are run along the wall and not on the floor.
- Keep heaters away from curtains and bedspreads.
- Avoid the use of electric blankets and pillows.
- Keep a phone near to your bed. Many emergency calls are made from the bedroom and this connection may save your life.
Best Way to Support Retirees
Family, friends and neighbours can help the old ones, making sure that the right safety measures are in place. With the right safety measures in place. With the right measures put in place, the elderly ones can maintain a good measure of autonomy and responsibility. The secret is not in doing everything for the retirees so that they can be left idle doing nothing. Instead, the retiree should be entrusted with areas of responsibility and care in order to provide motivation. This will help the person to continue to feel useful and to live a meaningful life. The attitude towards retirement age is important, as we all have elderly ones at home. Our feelings towards them are noticeable and affect their mental and physical health. In fact, it may influence their longevity. Our attitude towards the old ones may reduce or increases their days on earth. This is very important to family and friends of the elderly including neighbours, health professionals and the media. The way we treat them will determine how best they will live and enjoy their rest of their days on earth.
The Cognitive Functions of the Elderly
Mental capacity in the old age tends to decrease when not used. We must insist on the adaptive ability of the brain and its functions. When mental activity is regularly exercised, the brain maintains its functions and neurons remain alive.
Exploration of new areas of knowledge as well as projects requiring thought enlarges the number of neuronal connections. This is necessary to maintain mental capacity in good condition during advanced age. Nevertheless, diseases such as Alzheimer’s do affect the elderly. Alzheimer’s disease, normally associated to old age but often latent during previous years, increasingly affects more person and their respective families, who suffer from the results that the disease has upon the patient.
There are few useful tips to this disease:
- Speak calmly to the patient and do not despair because they do not use logic
- Place on the elderly some identifying label in case he/she get lost.
- Offer opportunities for the elderly to talk about the remote past.
- Encourage safe activities that were liked by the patient in the past.
- When there are fears, reasoning and explanations do not work. The source of the fear must be removed and the elderly distracted.
Conclusion
Care of elderly and retirees is very importance to their longevity, and also determine how best they will enjoy life at old age while they are still breathing. Make sure you look over your seniors at home for proper care.
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