Home health care for the elderly means that the elderly can enjoy the most comfortable health and psychological care right in their own home.
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Regular medical examination and medication for the elderly (documentary photo)
Elderly people often suffer from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, diabetes, malnutrition, etc. All of these reduce the quality of life and even endanger their lives. Therefore, the elderly are people with high demand for health care. Not only do they need love and patience, health care for the elderly also requires attention to all physical and mental issues.
Tips for maintaining health
- Participate in social activities: Let the elderly participate in social activities so that they feel comfortable and happy when interacting with many people, helping them reduce feelings of depression and fatigue. Diverse social activities such as exercise, sports, yoga, health care, walking, meditation; participate in local associations and groups; participate in ward and commune activities…
- Eat many small meals a day: The diet of the elderly plays a very important role in reducing disease, improving health and prolonging life. Remember that the elderly should not eat too much, meals should be divided into 5-6 meals a day. Dishes should be prepared in a variety of ways to create a feeling of hunger and limit eating fast food or ready-to-eat food bought outside.
- Have a reasonable diet with lots of nutrients from plants, reduce fat: In addition to paying attention to the daily diet, we also need to pay attention to the nutrition in the dishes. Useful advice is given such as: Always ensure enough 4 groups of nutrients: protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and minerals. However, the composition of each substance needs to be adjusted to suit the elderly; the daily diet has lots of green vegetables, tubers, ripe fruits and reduces meat; should not eat a lot of animal organs such as heart, liver, intestines, stomach …; should eat more shrimp, crab, fish; reduce fat in meals; do not eat too much sweet, should not eat too salty or too sour.
If the daily diet does not ensure enough nutrients, you can supplement essential nutrients through functional foods such as milk with full and balanced nutritional formulas … These types of milk will supplement beneficial fats such as: Mufa, Pufa which are good for the heart; Rich in calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus, which are very good for the skeletal system; fiber is very good for the digestive system of the elderly.
- Do not forget to take care of mental health: The elderly often feel lonely when they have to stay at home alone. Therefore, you should regularly visit and take care of the elderly. This is the best medicine to help them be happier and more optimistic. Call regularly to ask about them, let your children and grandchildren visit your grandparents; take your grandparents on family trips…
- Regular health check-ups: Regular health check-ups are an extremely necessary activity when taking care of the health of the elderly because treatment for the elderly is very difficult and time-consuming, and the recovery ability of the elderly is also very poor. Regular health screening aims to detect diseases early so that timely treatment measures can be taken, helping to limit disease recurrence or completely treat the disease when it is still new.