When living away from aging relatives, we worry of their safety at home, are they taking medications properly, paying their bills, caring for themselves, and eating properly. Senior Care Calls can help families lessen the worry when away from them.
Tips for Seniors Preparing for Emergency:
Protection for you nose and mouth
- Face masks or dense-weave cotton material, that snugly covers your nose and mouth and is specifically fit for each member of the family.
- Be prepared to improvise with what you have on hand to protect your nose, mouth, eyes and cuts in your skin. Anything that fits snugly over your nose and mouth helps filter contaminants in an emergency. It is very important that most of the air you breathe comes through the mask or cloth, not around it.
- There are also a variety of face masks readily available in hardware stores that are rated based on how small a particle they can filter in an industrial setting.
There are different types of emergencies that occur, and not one solution for creating a barrier between yourself and any contamination in the air. For instance, simple cloth face masks can filter some of the airborne “junk” or germs you might breathe into your body, but will probably not protect you from chemical gases. Still, something over your nose and mouth in an emergency is better than nothing. Limiting how much “junk” gets into your body may impact whether or not you get sick or develop disease. Red Cross.
Senior Care Calls can help prepare for an emergency.
