Needs Of The Elderly

About 50 percent of people in the U.S. who are older than 75, living alone. As a rule, stay in individual rooms or apartments that do not have basic facilities like central heating. What they need is a sheltered housing with furniture and equipment that are intended to be to meet the needs of the elderly. Although the house provides the elderly with the freedom and privacy they need at the same time, it also takes and gives them the necessary support in which aEmergency or panic situation.

Similarly, the nursing staff in nursing homes to see the social needs of residents. The common aging needs include the provision of stair lifts and extra tracks (the easy movement of the elderly) to facilitate between the floors to avoid the provision of handrails in showers and toilets, accidents, provision of vehicles for commuters, providing alarms to an immediate assistance in case of an accident.

The elderly are more likely to sufferhealth problems such as arthritis and rheumatism, diseases of the eye and hearing disabilities. They tend to suffer more because of hypothermia (low body temperature), especially in winter. It may even be suffering from psychiatric problems such as senile dementia (Alzheimer's disease) who have a psychiatric disorder that affects the brain.

To meet the aging process, the government provides some benefits, the pension (for men over 65 and women over 60), carers allowance includeseverely ill or disabled people provided more than 65 years need constant maintenance, Christmas bonuses (for those over 65), cold weather winter fuel payment assistance, income support, housing benefit, Council Tax Benefit, free rules, dental treatment and eye tests by the National Health Service.

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