Te hononga i waenga i te mate a Alzheimer me ā tātou tikanga hauora

Ka warewarehia rānei e tō mātua, e tō koroua, e tō whanaunga rānei ngā mea? He maha ā rātou amuamu kāore e taea e rātou te maumahara ki ngā mea pēnei i ngā huihuinga o mua, ngā ingoa, ngā huarahi rānei? He maha ā tātou whakaaro, "Āe... koinā te āhua ina kaumātuatia." Engari ehara i te mea he wāhanga noa o te koroheketanga te ngaronga o te mahara. He tohu wawe pea tēnei o tētahi mate pēnei i te mate a Alzheimer. Me kōrero tātou mō tēnei i tēnei rā.

He aha te mate a Alzheimer, ā, he aha tōna hiranga ki a tātou?

Ki te kī māmā noa, he mate haere tonu te mate a Alzheimer e pā ana ki te roro. Ko tōna āhua he ngaronga o te mahara, ngā pūkenga whakaaro, me te kaha ki te mahi i ngā mahi o ia rā. Koinei te momo mate wareware tino noa.

Kua kitea i roto i ngā rangahau o te ao tata nei he nui ake te mōrearea o ētahi rōpū tāngata ki te pāngia e tēnei mate. Ehara i te mea ko ngā ira tuku iho anake te take, engari ko ō rātou momo noho me ētahi atu mate kei a rātou. Nā, kia tirohia te auau o ēnei āhuatanga mōrearea mō te iwi o tō tātou whenua. Nō reira, he mea tino nui kia mōhio tātou ki tēnei.

Ngā raruraru hauora e whakapiki ake ana i te mōrearea o te mate a Alzheimer

He tokomaha te hunga e whakaaro ana he ira te mate a Alzheimer, arā, he mea e ahu mai ana i roto i ngā whānau. Ahakoa he pono ētahi kōrero, kāore i te tino pono. Ko ētahi atu mate me ngā āhuatanga o te noho ka taea e tātou te whakahaere ka nui ake te mōrearea o te mate a Alzheimer.

E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ko ngā raruraru hauora e whai ake nei ka nui ake te tūponotanga ka puta te mate a Alzheimer i ētahi āhuatanga ira (hei tauira, te ira APOE-e4). He tino noa ēnei i tō tātou whenua.

Arā, ki te mea kei a koe ngā mate pēnei i te toto toto tiketike, te huka, me te cholesterol , he mea tino nui te whakahaere tika i aua mate hei tiaki i tō ngākau me tō roro .

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He aha tātou te kore ai e whai whakaaro ki ēnei tohu?

Nā ētahi waiaro me ngā take mahi o tō tātou hapori, he tokomaha te hunga e mangere ana ki te rapu tohutohu hauora mō ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te mahara pēnei.

• "Koinā te āhua ina kaumātuatia": He tokomaha e whakaaro ana he wāhanga noa te ngaronga o te mahara o te kaumātuatanga, nō reira kāore he mea e manukanuka ai rātou ki te toro atu ki te tākuta.
• Te wehi ki te maimoatanga hauora: Ko ētahi tāngata e wehi ana ki te haere ki te hōhipera, ki te whiwhi whakamātautau rānei. Ka huna e rātou ō rātou tohumate i te wehi kei kitea he mate kino kei a rātou.
• Ngā take ōhanga me ngā take mahi: He tokomaha e whakaroa ana i te rapu maimoatanga nā ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te utu mō te kite i te tākuta, te tawhiti ki te hōhipera, te korenga o te waka, me te rārangi roa i ngā whare hauora.

Nā ēnei take ka ngaro te whai wāhi ki te tautuhi i te mate i te wā e taea ai te whakahaere.

Ngā Wero mō te Kaitiaki

Ehara i te mahi ngāwari te tiaki i tētahi tūroro mate a Alzheimer. He mahi tino hoha, he mahi tino hoha hoki. I roto i tō tātou ahurea, ka taka tēnei kawenga ki tētahi mema o te whānau, inā koa he tamāhine, he hunaonga wahine, he wahine rānei. He maha ngā wero nui e pā ana ki a rātou.

• Te taumahatanga nui o te hinengaro me te tinana: He nui te ahotea o te kaitiaki i te tirotiro i ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki te tūroro, te aro atu ki ā rātou whanonga e rerekē ana, me te tiaki i a rātou me te kore moe i te pō.
• Ngā uauatanga pūtea: He nui te moni e pau ana i te tūroro ki ngā mea pēnei i te rongoā, ngā kai motuhake, me ngā utu hauora. He taumahatanga nui tēnei ki te pūtea a te whānau.
• Te kore e pai ki te tono āwhina: He tokomaha te hunga e kore e pai ki te tono āwhina mai i waho, ki te rapu ratonga mai i te hōhipera, i tētahi atu whare hauora rānei, nā te mea "me tiaki tātou i ō tātou whaea/pāpā."
• Te wareware ki tōna ake oranga: Ka ngaro te wā o te kaitiaki ki te tiaki i tāna ake mahi, i ngā mahi a ngā tamariki, me tōna ake hauora.

Mena kei te tiaki tētahi o tō whānau i tētahi tūroro pēnei, he mea nui rawa kia āwhina koe i a rātou, kia mārama hoki ki a rātou . He kaha nui tēnei mō taua tangata mā te whakangā, te mahi tahi, me te kaha o te hinengaro.

Me pēhea tā tātou whakatau i tēnei āhuatanga?

Tuatahi, kaua e warewarehia ngā raruraru mahara . Mena kei a koe, kei tētahi rānei o tō whānau ēnei tohu, me toro atu ki te tākuta mō ētahi tohutohu.

• Te kitenga wawe: Mena ka kitea wawe te mate, kei reira ngā rongoā hei whakahaere i ngā tohu me te whakaroa i te haere whakamua o te mate.
• Whakahaerehia ngā āhuatanga mōrearea: Mena kei a koe ngā mate pēnei i te mate huka, te toto toto tiketike rānei, ko te tango i ō rongoā, te kai i tētahi kai hauora, me te whakakori tinana i ngā wā katoa te haumitanga nui rawa atu ka taea e koe te mahi ki te hauora o tō roro.
• Te Hiranga o te Rangahau Hauora: Kei te whakahaerehia ngā rangahau mō ēnei mate i roto i tō tātou whenua. Mēnā ka whai wāhi tātou ki tētahi huihuinga pēnei, ka tino āwhina i te kimi i ngā maimoatanga e tika ana mō ō tātou ake iwi. Nā te mea, ko te rongoā e whai hua ana mō tētahi iwi, kāore pea e rite te mahi mō tētahi atu iwi.

Hei whakamutunga, ahakoa he mate kino te mate a Alzheimer, ka taea e tātou te whakaiti i ngā kino ka pā mai mā te mōhio ki tēnei mate, te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga mōrearea, me te rapu tohutohu hauora i te wā tika.