It is our individual dream I believe to live in our respective well furbished homes till we grow old and die rather than live on assisted life support or move to a nursing home leaving our neighborhood and everything behind. Lots of people I believe would rather die than face the frustration of life in such times.
Fortunately for us there are ways we can avoid such devastating life condition by addressing few of life threatening conditions during early life which might be difficult for some of us but I guess you know the popular saying that "no pain no gain".
Below are some steps we can take to ensure a healthy living and also recommend to friends ;
Smoking ;
This is a risk factor to many life threatening conditions/diseases and it has been found out that increases the rate of admission of the young population by 56% and the old population by 32% into nursing homes.
Inactivity;
This also increases the rate of admission into nursing homes by 40% especially those within the age group of 45 to 64.
Obesity ;
In the age group of 64-74 years, obesity increased the risk of admission by 21%.
Diabetes ;
Among the age group of 45 to 64,diabetes more than doubled the risk of admission into nursing homes.
High blood pressure ;
This also increased the risk of admission in the age group 45 to 64 by 35% and in you order group by 29%.
The above problems contribute to chronic life illnesses that can often result in disability and as we old can also cause cancer or bone fracture. The effect is even more severe when more than one risk factor is present like in the case of a diabetic smoker who is about five times more prone to admission than those in the same age group but not having the risk factors.
It is mandatory therefore to simply follow the above steps by avoiding them in one way or the other in order to attain a healthy living.
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