Recently, an elderly woman living alone in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, suddenly suffered a stroke, and before she fainted she called her girlfriends for help. When she arrived, she found the door unlocked and immediately called the police for help. Firefighters arrived in time and managed to open the door, and then sent the old lady to the hospital for treatment.
There are more and more elderly people living alone nowadays, because their children are too busy to take care of them, so they can only take care of themselves. The elderly living alone to take care of themselves, should always pay attention to their own physical condition. For example, high blood pressure, diabetes, these diseases are very easy to appear in the elderly. So the elderly living alone should go to the hospital regularly for medical checkups to keep abreast of their physical conditions. If you don't know your own physical condition, it is difficult to make timely response to some things. The elderly understand their own physical condition should be prepared in the usual way, to avoid the danger of not being able to seek help in time.
At the same time, the elderly also need to pay attention to their mental health. For the elderly physical health is very important, but mental health is also very important, living alone in the elderly will easily feel lonely. Because there is no one else around to take care of, in the psychological sense of loneliness will arise. So when the elderly live alone, they must adjust their own mind, do something they like to do to pass the time. Only when one's mind is good, life will be interesting. Usually when there is nothing to do, you can go out for a walk with friends, chatting and drinking tea. You can also go out and do square dancing when you are not doing anything. Going out for a walk more can make your mood relax.
Elderly people also insist on exercise, more exercise will be good for the body, can improve the body's immunity. So the elderly can go out for a walk after meals. Dietary habits should also pay attention to, usually eat more fruits, vegetables, fish, try to eat less fried food, fast food and such food. Some foods that may cause high blood pressure and other diseases should also not be eaten. The elderly had better not drink alcohol, do not smoke, smoking and drinking are harmful to health. Usually to maintain sufficient sleep, to ensure the quality of their sleep, the formation of healthy habits.