QUIZ: Is your elderly loved one living in wellness?

What we can do to help them boost their immunity?

 

1. Set up a balanced diet plan for them

Good health go hand in hand. In fact, to boost the elderly’s immune systems, a good diet of foods rich in certain vitamins and minerals can help defend against infection and illness. This includes eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, which contain vitamins and antioxidants (Such as Vitamin C, D, Zinc, Selenium, Iron & Protein) to promote good health.

 

2. Spend some time to talk to them

While they get older, our loved seniors may have experienced mental health-related issues like alzheimers and dementia, especially because they focus on how their age is increasing and they are not as strong as they used to be. If left unaddressed, it can invite serious social and health complications like anger, fatigue, weight loss, etc. Help your aging loved one to develop a healthy by trying our best to spend some time talking to them every day and understand their needs.

 

3. Ensure their get active

You have seen elders locking themselves in their room believing that they should be resting all the time. The problem with it is that their lives become less interesting and they get more stressed. Try to invite them out for outdoor activities or exercising together and then will make them embrace their retired life more.

 

4. Schedule for regular medical check-up

Never miss a visit to the medical facility for regular health screening test even if your elderly loved one don’t have any illness. Doing this will not only maintain their well-being but also provide them the confidence to live.

 

5. Plan for their supplements

When thinking of how to boost the immune system in the elderly, we may immediately reach for vitamin supplements. You may consider Vitamin C and D that contained the biggest benefits to the immune system for seniors.

 

Think of the elderly immune system not as a single body process, but rather a network of systems working together to promote well-being.

 

Source from: Copyright © 2011, Harvard University. For more information about The Healthy Eating Plate, please see The Nutrition Source, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, www.thenutritionsource.org, and Harvard Health Publications, www.health.harvard.edu.