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Osteoporosis means ‘porous bone’. It is a disease wherein the bone density and thereby its quality decreases, making it fragile and more prone to fractures. Unfortunately, this is a progressive disease that occurs silently. Many times, there are no physical symptoms of its occurrence until the first fracture occurs. Typically bone structure begins to weaken after age of mid-thirties and women are more prone to this ailment than men. However, we find that more cases are prevalent with increasing age as we see more cases of elderly patients with osteoporosis.   The human bones are living tissue that changes continuously.  These bones develop and strengthen from birth to young adulthood and have the highest density (peak bone mass) in age of early twenties. With age, some of the existing bone matrix gets dissolved while new bones deposit osteoid. In case of osteoporosis, the bone desorption rate exceeds the rate of new bone formation. Thereby the bones weaken and become...

Bedridden conditions are certain unpleasant depressing moments for patients, especially to the elderly as they require more bed rest than any other age group due to age related issues. Their body will be in degenerative process and they slowly start facing immobility issues and various health issues. We often hear many of the elderly who get bedridden as they reach the stage where mobility becomes almost impossible. Some seniors may require bed rest post undergoing operations or while recovering from certain diseases. Be it for bedridden reasons or for a speedy recovery post facing a health issue, bedridden is a situation or a complicated lifestyle for patients who under go distress and psychological trauma that requires the dedicated service of the caregivers or family members with patience, love and care. Bedridden patients experience frequent mood swings, anger and frustration due psychological and physiological reasons. Psychological reasons include their medical sta...

Almost every other day, we hear horrifying stories about elderly citizens being abandoned by their families. Excuses are plenty – financial scarcity, emotional and physical burden on others, lack of resources to take care of them etc. Approaching an advanced age is dreaded by many these days. There is the underlying fear that they would become worthless to the society and their families. But the irony is that these so-called “burdens to the society”, are a source of significant potential for the country. Their experience and expertise can be used to lay a strong foundation for the Indian society. In an age where children are rapidly getting influenced by Western culture, their grandparents can play a vital role in keeping them grounded in their rich cultural roots. Building economically stable and self-sufficient families – Women face an intense dilemma after they have children – to work or to stay at home? It becomes difficult for them to balance their professional and p...

People can get bedridden because of some serious illness, injury, until they recover. Being bedridden and immobilized can lead to other health problems due to lack of activity for long periods. These complications are easier to prevent than to treat. Thus it is of utmost importance to caregiver to know how to avoid such complications and if they occur how to manage them. Lack of activity and immobility leads to impaired blood circulation which may gives rise to many health risks for bedridden patients.  Commonest worries for such patients can be:     Bedsores/pressure ulcers.         Pneumonia or pulmonary congestion.         Spinal column pressure.         Sleep problems.         Loss of appetite.          Depression.         Musculoskeletal weakness (especially in arms and legs). Bedsores/pressure ulcers: The mos...

The place we call home is the place that comforts us, a well-known and secure one. The feeling called home can turn out to be particularly essential as we grow old. The maturing procedure of age may carry with it uneasiness or threats that diminish wellbeing. In such cases Long term care for elderly, help facilitate the difficulties of maturing while at the same time urging seniors to keep getting a charge out of the solaces of home. What is healthcare at home? Long term care facilities concentrates on helping seniors with the day by day exercises of living. These are undertakings we as a whole play out every day to remain sound and connected with life. There are wide range of services provided by long term care facilitators including personal services, incontinence care, mobility assistance, meal planning, medication reminders, laundry and materials, light housekeeping, Alzheimer's or other dementia's care, and transitional care. At the point when a man...

Who said that Android or IOS apps and games are only for the young generation? Ever wonder if there are any useful lifehack apps and games that are available for aged adults? Not exactly these apps can be called as games as they serve a bit more when used by the elderly. Aging has limitations and some of these apps can push those limits. There are apps that help elderly in preforming their daily activities, there are apps that boosts memory power and there are apps that connects them instantly with their family members who live in abroad. This blog here brings some of the most popular apps and games that are meant for elderly lives and easy to use. 1.    Pill Reminder Pro This app is available in iOS. This reminds the elderly about their daily pills and medications. To use this app, we need to feed the information such as pill name, dosage and usage time. This helps will remind about the medication on time, with the help of the PUSH alert. This is one ...

Years ago, there was the notion of nurses working as the assistant to the doctors and the one who were just limited to the bed pan and sponge bath. But now, nurses have successfully changed their identity by their dedicated and selfless service. They help to bring the smile on the suffering face of people. The nurses are now the caregivers, the communicators, the teachers and the health professionals. The hard fact is, the people yet understands only when they sit at a hospital for their beloved ones. The health care system will face many challenges with regard to the nursing involvement, bedside management, emergency care of the patients and in the OT rooms by assisting the doctors. It would be completely impossible to run a hospital without the nursing faculty. They have become the backbone of the health care system. Role of the Nurse in Health care system The nurses provide a complete package care to the patient in terms of out-patient management by taking care of p...