Tips for Senior Citizen Care at Home
Dr.Swarna Bai Arniker
Most of the working women are loaded with official commitments and deadlines
and family responsibilities. In addition working women are preoccupied with
thoughts about their seniors citizens viz in-laws and parents at home. Here are
few requirements that are listed if they are arranged at home shall make senior
citizens at home happy and women can contribute at work front with more
productivity.
S.No.
Name
1.
Adult Diapers
2.
Sugar free tablets
3.
Insulin cooling wallet
4.
Insulin
injection
provider by personnel
from Mediplus
5.
List of hospitals and
medical stores near
me
List of important
phone numbers
Contact number of the
barber
6.
7.
Brands
Various brands
are available in
the market
Available
in
Market
Available
in
Market
CSD
Available in
CSD
Remarks
Available in
CSD
-NAUseful
at
home and
while
travelling as
well
You
may Mediplus
consider using supports
cartridges based person for
injecting
insulin to
senior
citizens at
nominal
price
List
can
be
prepared at kept
in the sight of
senior citizens at
home
For
serving
senior citizens at
home
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Different
walkers
types
of Select a suitable
walker for ease
of
movement
within the house
& outside also
Provision of hot & cold Good
water
water at the wash heaters
are
basin, washrooms and available in CSD
kitchen sink as well
Portable toilet plastic Available in china
chair
stores
and
branded ones in
Chennai
Portable table for Online
many
serving food on their options
are
cot
available
Nutritious diet viz
oats,cornflex,millets
etc
While travelling in car
with senior citizens
keep a bin if they
throwup and a bottle
of water, tea/coffee in
a flask ,snacks and a
towel as well
First Aid box at home
and in the car as well
Update yourself by
reading newspapers
and watching TV
regarding information
about senior citizen
care
Avail senior citizen
concessions
in
railways and also for
darshan at Tirumala
and other religious
and sight seeing
places
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