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During a holiday gathering, it’s important to focus on hygiene, proper diet and medication management, creating quiet spaces, and monitoring health. These elements can help make the event ...
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Frail elderly patients (score of 4 or 5) have even worse outcomes, with the risk of being discharged to a nursing home rising to twenty times the rate for non-frail elderly people. Another tool that has been used to predict frailty outcome post-surgery is the Modifies Frailty Index, or mFI-5. This scale consists of 5 key co-morbidities: [61]
Many elderly people are forced into eating softer foods, foods that incorporate fiber and protein, drinking calcium-packed liquids, and so on. Six of the leading causes of death for older adults, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease , stroke , Alzheimer's disease , and diabetes mellitus , have nutrition ...
Iron-rich foods: Leafy greens, red meat, beans, and fortified cereals to combat winter fatigue. Warm beverages: Herbal teas with calming herbs (like chamomile and lavender) can reduce stress. Move ...
Some elderly people may find it hard to describe their symptoms in words, especially if the disease is causing confusion, or if they have cognitive impairment. Delirium in the elderly may be caused by a minor problem such as constipation or by something as serious and life-threatening as a heart attack. Many of these problems are treatable, if ...
Back in 2011, the International Journal of General Medicine compared the benefits of walking for 30 minutes straight after a meal to walking for 30 minutes starting one hour after eating. After ...
Post-exertional malaise is a worsening of symptoms after minimal physical or mental activity, [6] and is a cardinal symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). [7] Both PEM and exercise intolerance are common in long COVID. [8] [9] Orthostatic intolerance (OI) occurs in ME/CFS. OI includes exercise intolerance as one ...