How The Winter Affects The Elderly

| Sunday, September 23, 2012
By Chetan Wallace


When it comes to winter, it is more likely that an older person or a very young person will be effected by the cold more than any other person. This is because their immune systems are weaker and they are less able to fight off the illnesses that thrive in the colder weather. Preventing these illnesses from entering homes and lives is easy enough to do with a little caution.

To save old people from the potentially incredibly harsh winter that may cause cold related diseases and therefore deaths there are many different things that can be done. However it is not always easy to get them done in time. This is where saving money is handy.

Saving old people from the cold can be the thing that saves their lives. It does not have to cost a lot of money. To prevent the death of old people you must ensure they are warm, amongst other things. Over 200 people each day on the average died in the United Kingdom alone simply from cold and cold related diseases and illness that were brought about by the winter chill.

It is important that every one of every age stays warm and protected during the colder, harsher, winter months. This means that people are less likely to become ill. It is also a way to lower the expected number of deaths brought on purely by the colder weather. Doing this means that less people have to be without a valued family member and less people have to lose their lives to something that can be stopped.

Spaces and areas for elderly people to remains safe and warm in are easy to find. This is if you use your resources correctly. Keeping your elderly family members warm throughout winter is an almost guaranteed way to be sure you will be able to see them through to next winter and the one after that, and so on and so forth.




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