Elders must keep moving in order to prevent bone brittleness. WHO recommends 150 minutes a week of routine exercise, which includes warming up, core exercise, and cooling down. This duration is the same as what is recommended for younger, productive age adults, but adjusted to individual capacity.
“If you habitually swim, you can walk in the water three times a week. Make sure you have rest days in between. Also, make it a habit of maintaining good posture – stand up and sit down with a straight back and squared shoulder. It will also help you maintain your confidence.
Maintain a healthy and balanced diet, consume healthy and nutritious food every day. The protein need for a healthy elder, in this case one with no kidney problems, is 2 gram per kg of their weight a day.”
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Finally, dr. Anin reminds us that healthy old age starts by proper healthcare from a young age. “Proper healthcare from a young age is your ‘savings’ that will ensure your health and productivity in your old age.
Again, consume healthy food, maintain routine exercise, have enough rest, and stop smoking. The elderly of our family are the nurturers in our past, and it is time for us to care for them when they cannot care properly for themselves like they did to us, treat them like we want to be treated when we’re their age later,” she concluded. (est)