Health care, improving the quality of life of the elderly

Thanks to preventive activities, self-care and support from family and community, the health of the elderly is significantly improved.

Conference scene.

On the afternoon of October 29, the City Department of Health coordinated with the People's Committee of An Lao commune to organize a conference to summarize the Project "Support for preventive health care for the elderly to respond to the problem of population aging applying the Tsuyama model".

In 2022, the project was implemented in 4 residential groups (now villages) Xuan Ang, An Trang, Van Trang 1 and Van Trang 2 in Truong Son town (now An Lao commune) with the establishment of 4 "Fall prevention exercise" clubs. The activities of the clubs were organized systematically with the participation of 12 trainers in charge and nearly 200 elderly members maintaining regular activities.

Through the project to raise awareness, change behavior, so that the elderly can proactively take care of their health.

During the implementation process, the project organized communication activities, periodically provided consultation on health care for the elderly; coordinated health check-ups for 200 club members; maintained a regular schedule of practicing fall prevention exercises twice a week. In addition, the sponsor provided necessary equipment for the project such as: weights, blood pressure monitors, thermometers, flipcharts with instructions on practicing fall prevention exercises, etc.

The project implementation has brought about positive impacts, contributing to raising awareness, changing behavior and enhancing the ability to proactively take care of the health of the elderly. Thanks to preventive activities, self-care and support from family and community, the health of the elderly has been significantly improved, helping to reduce the risk of common diseases and improve the quality of life.

Fall prevention exercises for the elderly.

The city currently has 852,355 elderly people, accounting for 20.34% of the population. Of these, 74.64% of the elderly receive health consultation, management, medical examination and treatment, and care at home and in the community; 64.75% of the elderly receive regular health check-ups (at least once a year); 96.58% of the elderly have health insurance cards and 56.31% of the elderly have health records.

HOANG XUAN

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