Support For Elderly During Emergencies

The panic button is always ON when it comes to Medical Emergency Response especially with the Elderly. Being in the Geriatric care domain and specializing in-home healthcare for Elders, Dr. V. S Natarajan’s team identifies that immense need for bringing about systematic Emergency Response Ecosystems to support elders in need. 

Doing the right thing when attending to an Elderly in Medical Emergency at home, can be life-saving and can also prevent life-altering functional and cognitive impairment. Further difficulties occur in frailer older adults who continue to manage at home despite the effects of increasing age and multiple medical problems. Listed below are a few of the most common emergencies:

  • Heart Attack / Cardiac Arrest / Chest Pain
  • Fall / Domestic Accidents
  • Stroke / Seizures
  • Natural calamities / Disasters

The current pandemic situation has only exposed how grave the lack of such an ecosystem can be. It is high time to strategize a system to raise awareness around emergencies of the elderly, particularly medical emergencies, and prepare the right response protocols which can be delivered through trained community volunteers.

 While older people vary greatly in their health status and ability to adapt, the risks to this population remain significant. Therefore Standardised Emergency care and Trained support groups including community-based health care are required to protect and guide older people during emergencies.

Why us?

  • We raise awareness about the various emergencies an elder can face
  • We create Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs) for each of the common medical and situational emergencies the Elderly may come across
  • We build an ecosystem of trained Emergency responders and volunteers across geographies
  • We create Neighborhood emergency support groups for the Elderly across geographies
  • We create an integrated Emergency response triage involving a centralized call center, neighborhood emergency responders, and the Geriatric Healthcare system

This program isn’t constrained to any set of people. It’s an overall initiative to save the lives of elderly people. They are more prone to many diseases and we as responsible citizens should be aware of the first-aids to be rendered during such situations.

Let’s be responsible!

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