Counsel for the Elderly: How should you behave on a hot summer day?

High temperatures that reign in summer season negatively affect the human organism, especially among the elderly.

Being exposed to the sun for a long time, we can suffer shocks from heat leading to dehydration of the organism followed by cramps, vomitings, diarrheal disorders, rashing and burning of skin by complicating the cardiovascular system to renal insulin.

The National Institute came up with recommended protective measures for the health of elderly during exposure to high air temperatures of over 30 degrees Fahrenheit [30 ° C], especially for older people with cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases:

Older persons should not be exposed to the sun's rays at a time interval of 10:17.00, especially not the elderly with heart disease or diabetes;

As the elderly leave home, they must be forced to protect their heads with hats or scarfs; clothes should be thin, comfortable, linen, or cotton, and open - color.

It is vital that you take two quarts [2 L] of liquid during the day, whether it's eight cups of water or soup or tea; also, you should pass over fried food, salty or sweet, or with plenty of pollen, while taking many seasonal trees and vegetables.

In addition to medical advice on the use of drugs, the most frequent measurement of arterial tension is necessary for older ones.

The appearance of headaches, pain, dizziness, and dehydration, the drying of the mouth and skin are alarming signs for the elderly, especially when he is sick and has functional disabilities; then a geriatric patient should be reported to his family doctor or to the nearest emergency center.

Family members, friends, neighbours and NGO members who care for the elderly during the hot summer months should more often contact the elderly, and in cases of functional disabilities several times during the day.

If he is out of the home/house where he lives, the elderly should be obliged to carry with him basic information, his name, and his last name, his birth year, his residence address, the phone number of the contact person who can be contacted about this elderly person.

Most important is maintaining personal hygiene and the environment of the elderly, and monitoring the use of drugs regularly.

Physical and mental activity of the elderly is essential, especially in the early hours of the morning or in the evening, the longest stay in the wild (paks, walks, and so on).

If the elderly person has difficulty moving because of functional inadequacy, then there should be multiple - hour ventilation in the areas where the old man is staying.