He kauka loea i ka mālama ʻana i nā mākua ʻelemakule? E aʻo kākou e pili ana i kahi Geriatrician!

Ua loaʻa anei i kou makuahine, kou makuakāne, a kupuna wahine paha a kupuna kāne paha nā maʻi he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi i ko lākou wā ʻelemakule? Ua hakakā paha lākou me nā pilikia he nui, e like me ka maʻi diabetes , ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka cholesterol , ka ʻeha o nā hono , a me ka nalowale o ka hoʻomanaʻo. Manaʻo anei ʻoe e like me ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no hoʻokahi maʻi e hoʻonui wale i ke kaumaha? Ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia mau mea a pau a mālama iā lākou i ke olakino a me ka hauʻoli. I nā manawa e like me kēia e pono ai mākou i ke kōkua o ke kauka loea i ke olakino o ka poʻe ʻelemakule. I kēia lā, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kēlā mau loea , nā geriatricians.

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻo wai kēia Geriatrician?

He kauka geriatrician kahi kauka i loaʻa i ke aʻo kūikawā i nā pilikia olakino o ka poʻe ʻelemakule (ʻoi aku ma mua o 65 mau makahiki). E like me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pediatrician no nā keiki ʻōpio, aia kekahi loea no ka poʻe ʻelemakule. ʻO ia ke Geriatrician.

ʻAʻole lākou e mālama wale i nā maʻi. ʻO kā lākou pahuhopu nui ke kōkua i ka poʻe ʻelemakule e mālama i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ke ola a me ka hana. ʻO ia hoʻi, e hoʻokumu i kahi e pono ai no lākou e ola me ka huahua a me ka hauʻoli e like me ka hiki, me nā maʻi.

He aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kahi Geriatrician a me kahi Gerontologist?

Hiki i kēia mau inoa ʻelua ke huikau i kekahi poʻe no ka mea ua like iki ke kani ʻana. Akā, hana kēia mau mea ʻelua i ʻelua mau mea ʻokoʻa loa. E hoʻomaopopo pono kākou i kēia ʻokoʻa me ke kōkua o kahi papa.

He aha nā lawelawe i loaʻa mai kahi geriatrician?

Ke nānā nei kahi geriatrician i kekahi mau wahi nui.

1. Ke mālama ʻana i nā maʻi he nui i ka manawa like

He mea maʻamau ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi he nui i ka manawa like me kou mau makahiki. He akamai kahi kauka geriatric i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau maʻi.

• ʻO ka ʻāʻī o ke kino
• ʻO ka maʻi o Alzheimer a me nā dementias ʻē aʻe
• Nā pilikia kaulike
• Maʻi diabetes
• Maʻi puʻuwai
• ʻOsteoporosis
• ʻAʻole hiki ke hiamoe
• Kaumaha
• Ka hoʻōki ʻana o ka manaʻo

2. E makaʻala i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau

Lawe pinepine ka poʻe ʻelemakule i nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui no nā maʻi he nui. Hiki i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e kekahi kauka ke launa pū me kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e kekahi kauka ʻē aʻe (nā pilina lāʻau). Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao makemake ʻole ʻia. E nānā kahi kauka geriatric i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau a pau , e hoʻopau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pono ʻole, e hoʻoponopono i nā dosages, a e kuhikuhi wale i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa a palekana loa iā ʻoe.

3. Ke paipai nei i ka ʻelemakule olakino

Nānā lākou i kou ola holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole wale kou maʻi. ʻO ia ke kumu e lōʻihi ai ka manawa e kūkākūkā ai me kahi kauka geriatric ma mua o ke kauka maʻamau. E kamaʻilio lākou e pili ana i kou nohona, nā mea āu e ʻai ai, kou pilina me kou ʻohana, a me kou olakino noʻonoʻo. Ma o kēia, hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi loa nāu.

Nā kūlana maʻamau a kahi geriatrician e mālama pono ai

He mana kūikawā ko nā geriatricians e mālama i kekahi o nā pilikia e hoʻopilikia pinepine ai i ka poʻe ʻelemakule.

Hāʻule ʻana

I kou wā ʻelemakule, emi iho kou kaulike a ʻoi aku ka nui o kou hāʻule ʻana. Hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana ke hana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, e like me nā iwi haki a me nā ʻeha poʻo. E loiloi kahi kauka geriatric i kou pilikia o ka hāʻule ʻana. Hiki paha kēia ma muli o:

• ʻO kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe ai
• Ka hemahema o ka ʻike
• ʻEha hui
• Paʻakikī ka hele wāwae
• Vertigo

A laila, manaʻo mākou i nā mea e like me nā hoʻoikaika kino kūikawā e pale aku ai i ka hāʻule ʻana, nā mea kōkua hele wāwae (koʻokoʻo/mea hele wāwae), a me nā hoʻololi i ke kaiapuni home (e.g., hāpai i ka ʻauamo i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau, ke kau ʻana i nā moena pale paheʻe) .

Dementia

ʻAʻole maʻamau ka nalowale o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻelemakule. Hiki ke lilo i hōʻailona o kahi maʻi e like me ka dementia. Hiki i kahi kauka geriatric ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kumu o ka nalowale o ka hoʻomanaʻo ma ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua e like me nā hoʻokolohua hoʻomanaʻo a me nā scan lolo. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka mea maʻi a me ka ʻohana e hana i nā hoʻolālā no ke ʻano e kū ai i ke kūlana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Kaumaha

ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ke kaumaha i waena o ka poʻe ʻelemakule, hiki ke ʻokoʻa kona mau hōʻailona mai ko ka poʻe ʻōpio. Hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano o nā ʻeha kino i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, ka poniuniu, a me ka pōkole o ka hanu . Hiki i kahi kauka ʻelemakule ke ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona huna a kuhikuhi iā ʻoe no ka lāʻau kūpono.

No ke aha ʻoe e ʻike ai i kahi Geriatrician?

Inā ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi lālā o ka ʻohana ʻelemakule e ʻike nei i kēia mau mea, makemake paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i kahi geriatrician:

• Ke loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi he nui i ka manawa like a me ka pilikia o ka mālama ʻana iā lākou.
• Ke hoʻohana nei i ka nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau (polypharmacy) a me ka ʻeha ʻana i ko lākou mau hopena ʻaoʻao.
• Ka emi nui ʻana o ka hoʻomanaʻo, ka hele wāwae, a i ʻole ka hiki ke hana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā .
• Hāʻule pinepine.
• ʻAʻole paha i lawa ka manawa o kāu kauka o kēia manawa e hoʻoponopono ai i kāu mau pilikia olakino paʻakikī a pau.

Inā wau e ʻike i kahi geriatrician, pono anei iaʻu e hoʻōki i ka ʻike ʻana i kaʻu kauka ʻohana?

ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hana pēlā. Hiki i kahi geriatrician ke hana pū me kāu kauka ʻohana (Kauka ʻOhana/GP). Hiki i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo loea i hāʻawi ʻia e kahi geriatrician ke kōkua i kāu kauka ʻohana e mālama iā ʻoe. I kekahi manawa, inā paʻakikī loa kou kūlana olakino, hiki ke koho ʻia kahi geriatrician ma ke ʻano he kauka mālama mua nou. E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i kēia a hana i ka hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa.