Athulya Homecare-Geriatric Home Healthcare

The winter season is already here! It could be a challenging one for older adults who have some form of ailment and is, specifically so, in the burdening context of Arthritis. Arthritis is essentially joint pain or disease that causes an inflammation of one or multiple joints. Typically, arthritis symptoms are more prevalent in seniors above the age of 60-65 years.  Actually, the problems associated with this painful condition tend to increase during the colder days, which further triggers and fuels excessive pain, stiffness and swelling in the body joints. There are more than 100 different manifestations of arthritis and related conditions. The most common among them include Osteoarthritis (OA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Fibromyalgia and Gout. Common symptoms Pain, stiffness, swelling, locking of joints or tenderness in and around it Limited mobility of affected joints/limping Redness and warmth of joints affected Fever Tiredness Malaise/...

After the scorching heat of the summer everyone looks monsoon as a season for relief. It brings joyful and cool weather with long mornings and evenings. The sudden rains and drizzles bring joy in the hearts of people and makes everyone hanker for such weather. However, this is not over yet! This is just one face of the coin. On the hind side rains keeps everyone on their feet by causing various health issues. Especially, children and the elderly are more prone to get affected by rains than any other age group. This is the season for the birth of new diseases and low immunity people will become vulnerable to the bacteria and virus that cause fever, cold and lot more other health issues. There are various other triggering factors that cause serious illness such as malaria, typhoid and dengue. Rainy season becomes haven for the mosquitos and insects as this season provides perfect grounds for breeding in the forms of stagnant water and wet places. These very mosquitos cause ...

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...