Elderly is a blessing for the family

Today’s society faces an aging population, so at least in every home match different generations around the elderly. Reflect that man is a biopsychosocial being and old age is a step of the development as part of the experience of being alive, maximize opportunities and enhance the space for these people to bring the accumulated wisdom or live with quality. That is the challenge for each family.

Cuba has on public health a strong pillar if we consider that life expectancy at birth is about 80 years. Since the family should help consolidate this achievement, for it requires delivery of an extraordinary human value and gratitude of love given in parenting and household guide, and the experience for the lived years.

Care for the elderly is a priority of the family and society. Each home has to prepare and create the conditions for the removal of architectural barriers to prevent risk factors, especially for locomotion and movement that in many cases will be aided by canes or walkers, wheelchairs. Monitor the use of comfortable shoes with painstaking care for the control of noncommunicable chronic diseases. Therefore, monitoring of eating habits you have to be part of everyday life in living with the elderly. Only then we ensure prolong life in those loved ones who lavished so much love.

Optimize welfare, living conditions and quality of care, not only by health professionals but by society is essential. Remember: you must always be taken into account, respecting their habits, their tastes, their views must be heard within the family and society in general.

The family must be prepared gradually with the aging of its members, take this natural process requires the role of all to deal with the responsibility of accompanying him during this time so you always feel surrounded by love, affection and care a happiness atmosphere.