When visiting elderly patients in the hospital, what gifts can you buy to bring them comfort? Below are some things I have collected and compiled about how to bring gifts when visiting sick elderly people. I hope it will be helpful to you.
Recommended gifts for visiting elderly patients: chronically ill patients
Send small physical measuring instruments
When visiting patients with coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, etc. Why not buy some practical small instruments, such as blood glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, pedometers, weight scales, etc., to remind them to monitor their physical condition at all times and strengthen exercise. In addition, it is also good to give some fruits appropriately, such as bananas, oranges, etc., which are high in potassium and can theoretically help lower blood pressure.
Recommended gifts for visiting elderly patients: cancer patients
It is better to give food than to give comfort
Professor Yuan Fenglan, Department of Cancer Prevention, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said, Cancer patients are under greater mental pressure. The main purpose of visiting them is to make the patients feel at ease. You can give them small goldfish, books written by cancer patients after recovery, etc. The former can make the patients feel better, and the latter can give the patients the confidence to defeat cancer. If it is a more complex cancer such as lung cancer or esophageal cancer, it is recommended to wait 7 to 10 days after the operation; if it is a cancer that recovers relatively quickly after the operation, such as thyroid cancer or breast cancer, it is recommended to visit the patient 3 to 5 days after the operation. When visiting, don’t stay too long at a time. Before going, it is best to ask family members if the patient knows their true condition, how they are recovering, what they can eat, etc. Many people will give patients ginseng and other precious traditional Chinese medicines. Yuan Fenglan believes that this is unnecessary. Even if they are taken, they should follow the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine doctors.
Recommended gifts for visiting elderly patients: Respiratory patients
Give lung-moistening fruits
? Respiratory system patients are more sensitive, and many people have asthma, allergies, etc. sick. ?Ke Huixing, deputy director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Beijing Hospital, said that it is forbidden to send flowers, plush toys, colored paper with a lot of ink, and items with fur when visiting the respiratory department patients. These are likely to induce or even aggravate the condition. Visiting patients should be based on the thoughtfulness rather than the value of the gift. Yang Li, a professor at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, suggested that respiratory patients can be given some lung-moistening fruits, such as pear, apple, etc., to help resolve phlegm and relieve cough.
Recommended gifts for visiting elderly patients: Digestive system patients
Avoid giving large amounts of nutritional supplements
People suffering from digestive system diseases generally have weak spleen and stomach and poor digestion. It’s bad, so don’t send big fish or meat or sweet and oily snacks. Tao Lin, deputy chief physician of the Gastroenterology Department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told the reporter of Life Times that traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that if a deficiency is not replenished, it will be difficult for patients to absorb large nutritional supplements such as red ginseng and wild ginseng, and may also cause side effect. Tao Lin said that protein powder is a "star" in the gift-giving market, but people who eat normally do not need to supplement at all, unless they have just undergone major surgery, suddenly lost weight in a short period of time and have poor appetite, so there is no need to give it as a gift. Protein powder. She said that a bread machine can be provided to encourage patients or family members to make more pasta at home to facilitate digestion. Fruits with moderate bias such as apples, grapes, and peaches are suitable. Pears, watermelons, mangoes, lychees, cherries, etc. are not suitable.
Recommended gifts for visiting elderly patients: Orthopedic patients
Send cereals
Orthopedic surgeries for middle-aged and elderly people are mainly joint replacement and lumbar spine surgeries. Wen Jianmin, director of the Second Department of Orthopedics and Joints at Wangjing Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, suggested that in order to avoid cross-infection and affect the patient's rest, do not visit orthopedic patients for three days after surgery. When visiting the patient one week after surgery, you should bring more spiritual food to the patient. In the first week, oatmeal that is good for gastrointestinal digestion can be given; after one week, a box of milk can be given; after two weeks, the patient can basically move around, so you might as well give some fish, meat products, etc. Many people like to give patients bone-strengthening meal and other nutritional supplements. Wen Jianmin believes that they are no different from bone soup. Not only do they not contain high calcium, but drinking too much bone soup may also lead to an increase in blood lipids. It is recommended that they be given less.
How to give health to elders when giving gifts
★Send health care products to elders. More and more young people are very concerned about the health of their elders, and it has become very common to send health products to their elders.
Parents and elders have worked hard for most of their lives and are always reluctant to buy some health food for themselves to nourish their bodies. We have to buy some health food for our parents and elders to boost their health.
★Send some sports equipment to the elders. ?Life lies in exercise? For the elderly, if they want to stay healthy, besides eating health products, exercise is the first priority. It is most appropriate to give a set of comfortable and energetic sportswear and a pair of lightweight sneakers to elders who love sports.
★With the development of science and technology, electronic health products are becoming more and more popular. You might as well give such a gift to your elders, so that they can feel fashionable and healthy at the same time. For example, winter is the peak season for various chronic diseases. You can give an electronic blood pressure monitor so that the elderly can check their health at any time; or you can give a humidifier to prevent asthma and purify the air; you can also give a home treadmill. Allow the elderly to exercise without going out.
★Tea is a green drink and a healthy green gift. Both green tea and Pu'er tea have certain health effects. Nowadays, there are also handicrafts made of tea on the market. Give your elders tea cakes with blessings printed on them and decorate them with auspicious Chinese knots, which perfectly combines Chinese tea culture with traditional culture and will definitely make your elders feel your heart and new ideas.