Athulya Homecare-Geriatric Home Healthcare

 Dementia is generally a memory loss health issue that occurs due in old age. It could not be cured completely but can be managed. Various memory loss treatments are given to the patients to keep the condition under control. It really gets worse over age and may lead to the Alzheimer’s disease. It drastically affects the ability to think and remember things that will affect the person’s entire lifestyle. Because, your life would not be the same if you keep forgetting everything all the time; even little things like names, numbers, date, day to day activities. The caregivers should take utmost care of the seniors with dementia and also provide proper memory care for them by helping them. The house, in which the seniors with dementia live, plays a major role. The environment should be perfectly safe and equipped with all the necessary senior medical equipment. Here are some elder safety tips that every caregiver and senior with dementia should follow, Home safety t...

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...