(ANSA) – MILAN, 22 NOV – There are about 3.8 million elderly Italians with a serious reduction in autonomy in daily life and one million who need assistance because they are not completely autonomous in the care of their own person. Starting from these numbers, on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, the Fondazione Istituto Danone presents the volume “Caregiving – Practical manual for those who assist the elderly” which contains valuable advice on how to take care and restore dignity to the elderly.
“This volume starts from science to take root in everyday life and become a useful tool for addressing the issue of assistance and all that it entails. Through practical indications, it provides the correct information, not only to take care of the elderly in the best possible way, but also to restore dignity “says Lorenzo Morelli, president of the Scientific Committee of the Danone Institute Foundation.
The manual, whose preface is by Elena Bonetti, Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, and which has seen the appreciation by the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, is dedicated to people who play a role in assistance. of the elderly, whether they are internal or external to the family. Thanks to the simplicity of the language and the use of images, this manual (which also includes a book of specific recipes and a booklet of ‘age-friendly’ physical exercises) aims to be a streamlined and accessible tool for all caregivers to support their valuable care work. At the same time it guarantees the scientific rigor and authority necessary to explain how to accompany and assist the elderly, with indications ranging from the adoption of a healthy lifestyle that combines proper nutrition with regular motor activity, to the care of the psychological sphere. , up to the attention to physical frailties. (HANDLE).
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