How to design your home Dementia-friendly?
As a caregiver for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s, every day can seem like a challenge. A challenge right from the beginning of your day, when you walk into a living space that hasn’t adapted to accommodate your loved one’s changing needs?
Designing or rather re-designing your loved one’s home, room by room, can make...
Geriatric health care services provide a wide range of activities such as yoga, which can be so restful for seniors that many people have reported sleeping longer and more soundly, which may frequently be an issue for older persons.
The Benefits of Yoga
Yoga helps to alleviate anxiety by slowing heart rate, blood pressure, and making it easier to breathe.
Lessen joint...
“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver
A word that sounds synonymous to many healthcare professionals is “compassion” and that seeps into their...
Simple and balanced diet – a very easily crackable concept! All it takes is willingness and a dedicated diet routine and you’re good to go.
As we age, the common misconceptions actually gets a subconscious grip of you and we are here to help bust those myths for you which in turn actually makes you monitor your system even minutely...
The word “cavity” by itself is concerning, but do you know how it actually develops?
It is nothing but a tiny hole on you tooth caused by a felling of an enamel which withers overtime and primarily caused by foods that contain sugars and acids.
Seniors are easily affected by cavities because of the recession of their gums or if they...
India unveiled the much-awaited Union Budget 2023, earlier in February, and it certainly has offered a major boost for the healthcare industry. The human population in India has been on a persistent rise over the last decade and has subsequently burdened the nursing care industry with immense demand.
How you might ask? Well, the World Health Organisation demanded that countries...
Until 2019, medical consultations were a straightforward procedure, where the patient just had to book an appointment before taking up a face-to-face session with the doctor. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc over the world, the entire medical industry was forced to undertake virtual care for patients. For senior citizens, in specific, it turned out to be a...
Valentine’s day is indeed one of the most anticipated special days in the entire world, but, is that really the case with the elderly? One can’t say for sure, but, the trend has visibly changed in the last few years.
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscot
The majority of senior citizens...
Winter - A season that usually offers a tremendous sigh of relief to most people living in India, after having to cope with a scorching summer. However, this doesn’t necessarily apply to seniors, and there’s a valid reasoning behind it. Even a mild drop in outside temperatures can lead to joint pain in old age.
What’s more, with ageing, the...
You should be aware that you are not alone if you are over 65 and have received a cancer diagnosis. In actuality, those with cancer and those who have survived it tend to be older than 65. Among the challenges older people who have survived cancer experience are
Quick decisions have long-term consequences. The immediacy with which treatment choices...
