Chapter 4: Managing Chronic Diseases and Promoting Well-Being in Old Age

Below is the link to a great article that gives the elderly different (yet mellow) ways to stay physically active. In addition to these tips, it includes tips on eating healthier, and ways to go about that if you can't necessarily afford it.

http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/seniorsdisabled/aginginitiatives.htm

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The video below gives great advice on how to promote well-being as we grow older.

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HELPFUL WEBSITES!

The website listed below has a list of all of the chronic diseases that are out there, and ways to cope with them, as well as ways to treat the ones that are treatable. It is not ONLY directed at the elderly population, but it's still very interesting and helpful!

http://cmcd.sph.umich.edu/


The next website is one dedicated specifically to arthritis. This comes in handy for the elderly population because arthritis is the most common chronic condition among people age 65 and up. This website goes over symptoms, treatments, ways to cope and make it less intense, etc.

http://www.orthop.washington.edu/PatientCare/OurServices/Arthritis/Articles/ManagingArthritisPain.aspx

"There are three signs of old age. The first is your loss of memory; the
other two I forget."   Unknown

**Source: http://seniors.tcnet.org/quotes_age.htm

There are a few different reasons I chose this chapter to be part of my blog. The first and main reason is the simple fact that I will be getting old some day, and I'd really like to have some tips on how to "age well". I know there's not really a way to do it right, however, I'd like to not be super unhealthy when I get older and this chapter does a good job of giving information on how to promote healthy lifestyles in the elderly population.

Another reason that I chose to use this chapter is simply because it's interesting and it relates to my life now. Where I work, we have many elderly customers coming in, and many of them are ill in one way or another. This chapter is meant to help us be able to promote healthful lifestyles, but it is also meant to help us understand the different types of illnesses and diseases that one can encounter as they age. This chapter helped me understand better some of these illnesses, and I can now relate to my customers' experiences, as well as better understand some of the special requests they may have (i.e. using a Styrofoam cup rather than a regular coffee cup because it's too heavy to hold and it makes their arthritis act up...)

Here's a wordsearch with several different concepts from the chapter. See if you can find them all!


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acute condition	heart disease
aging	hypertension
arthritis	hypokinesia
dementia	incontinence
healthy	quality of life

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