How to Keep the Elderly Walking

Regular physical activity is beneficial for the health of any individual, whether it be a child or an elderly member of your community. By balancing several key factors such as a balanced diet, physical therapy and aid from items like a walker, you can help to keep the elderly walking well into their golden years. Also, by keeping the elderly walking, you can work to combat health issues that they may face, like diabetes and heart conditions.

Instructions

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  Regulate and monitor the diet of an elderly person to make sure he is eating a diet that is beneficial to his overall health, such as fish to keep his heart healthy or carrots for his vision. Also, work with the elderly person's doctor to formulate a diet that keeps him walking well into the later years of his life.

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  Take the elderly person to a physical therapist so the therapist can help prevent injury from occurring with the elderly person. The elderly individual's physician can help decide what an appropriate method of physical therapy would be.

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  Provide the elderly person with a walker or cane if she is unable to stably walk on her own. By using the cane or walker, she can continue to walk and exercise without the fear of falling due to instability. Also, using a walker or cane allows the elderly person to stand up from a seated position.