Athulya Homecare-Geriatric Home Healthcare

If there is anything that the thousands of years of evolution has taught human beings, it is surviving. Tiding over the tides of ordeals and unprecedented times is not new to the human race.   The year of 2020 opened the gates for an outbreak that is spreading like a wildfire and consuming lives across the globe - The COVID-19 , popularly known as the coronavirus. The outbreak is so strong that it has brought the whole world into a halt. Preventing this pandemic and finding a solution for it has become the only task in front of every government and healthcare worker     The elephant in the room (rather on the planet) we are trying to address is far bigger than the combined efforts of all and not just the government and healthcare workers. It is demanding the public’s role by social distancing and self-quarantining. And, these measures are going to be pivotal in bringing this disease on to its knees.   What is social distancing?   It simply means maintaining a

  Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are diseases that last for a long duration and are also known as chronic diseases. They are caused due to a variety of factors including physiological, behavioural, environmental and genetic reasons. It is alarmingly to note that over seventy percent of deaths globally are a consequence of NCDs. These diseases largely attack the elderly population especially in the less developed and developing countries. The major NCDs include cancer, cardiovascular ailments, diabetes and chronic respiratory problems which results in a lot of suffering and also may interfere in normal living by causing disabilities. Hypertension among the elderly is also common and is a strong risk factor for life-threatening diseases like heart attacks and strokes. It is also to be noted that most of the older adults suffer from more than these chronic conditions usually and may lack the financial resources for taking treatment and meeting the out-of-pocket healthcare