Category Archives: Older care
Older people urged to drink more water
Drinking water helps to maintain your body temperature during hot weather
Jul 24 2012 By David Godsall
CARE bosses in Leicestershire are urging older people to drink more water, tea and soft drinks during the current warm spell, to avoid dehydration.
Leicestershire County Council raised the issue due to concerns that many older people are not drinking enough, which can lead to health problems.
David Sprason, the council’s acting deputy leader, said: “People need to drink two and a half pints of fluid per day and even more when its hot. Tap water is one of the best things you can drink its cheap and its high quality.
Joan Bakewell tackles taboo of aged addiction
Joan Bakewell, the Labour peer, is making a documentary for Panorama about a hidden alcohol problem among senior citizens.
Tim Walker. Edited by Richard Eden
7:30AM BST 21 Jul 2012
Teenagers are often chastised for “binge drinking”, but it is pensioners that we should worry about, according to Joan Bakewell.
The broadcaster, who was appointed as a voice for older people by Gordon Brown, claims that there is a hidden alcohol problem among senior citizens. So serious does she consider the situation that she is making a documentary about it for Panorama.
“People over 65 in this country are turning out to have drink-related problems,” Baroness Bakewell tells Mandrake at a party to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Oldie magazine, at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand.
Pet therapy brings the joy of animals to care homes
Pets As Therapy is a national charity providing therapeutic animal visits to care homes
Britain is considered a nation of animal lovers, so why should this be any different if we have to move into a care home? A dog’s silly antics and wagging tail or a cat purring on one’s lap can raise a smile, or relax anyone, regardless of age. So some UK care homes now offer residents the opportunity to interact with far more unusual animals than household pets!
Lulu the donkey is one of the more unusual visitors to Sunnymeade Residential Home
Pets As Therapy is a national charity providing therapeutic animal visits to care homes, as well as hospitals and hospices. Volunteers bring in their friendly, temperament tested, vaccinated dogs and cats and visit over 6 million beds a year, showing how much joy the pets bring and how much they are needed and valued in the care home industry.
Pets As Therapy has conducted a number of research studies into the benefits that pets bring to residents in a care home environment. Sarah Dyke’s study, Every Man’s Best Friend: Impact of pet therapy and previous dog ownership on enhancing well-being in elderly residents, followed on from previous research that demonstrated that Pets As Therapy (PAT) dogs can have a positive effect on mood in elderly residents in care homes and day centres.
Sarah wanted to find out if previous dog ownership predicted an increase in wellbeing following PAT dog visits. Her findings suggest that the benefits to the resident from the PAT dog visit are irrespective of previous dog ownership. Sarah believes: “That would explain why Pets As Therapy continues to grow in terms of numbers of volunteers, dogs and establishments involved in this type of therapy and the residents they visit.”
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