NgoNovemba yinyanga apho siphakamisa izifundo ezibalulekileyo ezibini: isifo se-Alzheimer kunye nokunyamekela iintsapho. Ngowe-1983, uMongameli uRonald Reagan wayengumongameli wokuqala ukukhetha u-Novemba njengeNyanga yoLwazi lweZifo zoLuntu lwe-Alzheimer, ngoxa uMongameli uBill Clinton wokuqala wakhetha uNove njengeNyanga yoLondolozo lweNtsapho kaZwelonke ngo-1997.
Kutheni Ukhanyise I-Spzlight kwi-Alzheimer's's Disease?
Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5 baseMerika banesifo se-Alzheimer, kwaye bonke abantu baseMerika bachaphazelekayo, ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo.
Oku kubandakanya abo baye bafumanisa ukuba banayo, abanokufumana iimpawu kodwa bengakhange bafumaneke, abo baziyo nokuthanda umntu onesifo se-Alzheimer, kunye nomnye umntu ngenxa yemali engakholwanga lethu ilizwe lichitha kwinkathalo kunye nophando oluhlobene esi sifo.
Isifo se-Alzheimer (kunye nomdemokwano ochaphazelekayo ) nguyena kuphela wezona zizathu ezili-10 zokufa e-United States ukuba asinayo indlela yokunyanga okanye ukunyanga. Enyanisweni, omnye kwabathathu abadala bafa nge-Alzheimer okanye enye ingqondo yokugula. Nangona kukho imishanguzo embalwa eye yavunywa yi-Food & Drug Administration ukuyiphatha, ayinqongophe ekusebenzeni kwayo. Ngaloo ndlela, kukho inkxaso eyongezelelweyo yokufuna uphando.
Ukongezelela, isifo se-Alzheimer ngenye yeemeko ezibiza kakhulu kwilizwe lethu, ngokwemibiko yonyaka ka-Alzheimer's Association on 2017 Facts and Figures.
Ingaba ibiza malini? Ngonyaka, kuqikelelwa ukubiza i-$ 259 yezigidigidi, kuquka neendleko ezichanekileyo nezangekho ngqo.
Kutheni Ukhanyise Ukubonakala Kwabanakekeli Bentsapho?
Ngokomxholo weRAND, abantu baseUnited States bachitha iiyure ezingama-30 zezigidi ukunyamekela amalungu entsapho. Laba bantu banonophelo malunga neeyure ezingama-20 ngeveki kwaye umsebenzi wabo uxabiswa kwi-$ 522 yezigidigidi ngonyaka.
Abanonophelo bentsapho bahlala becinga amanqanaba amaninzi, kuquka neqabane, umzali, umntwana omdala kunye nomnakekeli. Amaphesenti anesithandathu asebenza nabo. Balawula impilo yabo kwicala lomnye umntu. Ngaphandle kwabanakekeli bentsapho, siza kuba nezigidi zabantu abangenakukwazi ukusebenza ngaphandle kokunyamekela. Iinkqubo zethu zokunakekelwa kwemali kunye neenkonzo zezempilo ziya kuhlahloka. Kwaye, abathandekayo bethu abayi kuba nenzuzo yokunyamekelwa ngamalungu abo entsapho.
Ngelixa abanye abanonophelo bakhetha ngokunyanisekileyo ukubonelela ngononophelo wabo, abanye banokuvakalelwa kukuba abanakuzikhethela ngokwenza njalo. Oku kunxulumene nokulindela kweenkcubeko , ulwazi olukhawulelweyo lwezikhetho okanye ukungabikho kwemithombo. Abo banyamekelayo, kunye nabo bonke abanye, banesidingo nenkxaso kunye nokukhuthazwa. Ukukhathala nokuxinezeleka ekubeni ngumncedisi kunokufaka isandla ekutshiseni , kwaye ukutshiswa kukunyusa umngcipheko wokuxhaphazwa okanye ukunganakwa .
Unonophelo lwentsapho liqela labantu abafanelwe inkxaso nenkxaso njengoko behamba ngomsebenzi ongabonakaliyo wokunyamekela abo bathandekayo.
Yintoni Enokuthi "Ukunyusa Ukwandisa"?
Ngaba uyazibuza, "Yintoni na?" Okanye, ingabe ucinga, "Ayenzi izinto ezahlukeneyo?" Nesi sizathu sokwandisa ulwazi kunokunceda.
Xa abantu bekwaziswa ngento ethile, baqala ukuthobela ingqalelo. Bayiphulaphula ngenyameko xa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luxutyushwa, banokuqonda ezinye zeengxaki abajamelene nazo ummelwane njengoko ekhathalela umfazi nge-Alzheimer's disease, kwaye banokuba bazimisele ngakumbi ukuxhasa ngemali imibutho ebanceda abanonophelo okanye abanye abaqhuba uphando nge-Alzheimer's disease.
ILizwi
Ukuba wonke umntu wenza into eyodwa ukuxhasa abanonophelo kunye nabo bahlala ne-Alzheimers, sinokwenza umehluko kunye. Nazi iindlela ezimbalwa onokukunceda ngazo:
- Yitsho into. Xa unethuba, yabelana ngamava okanye iingcamango zakho. Ibali elibodwa lidla ngamandla amaninzi kunezinto eziqhelekileyo.
- Yabelana ngenqaku malunga ne-Alzheimer okanye abakhathaleli kwimidiya yoluntu.
- Ivolontiya kwintlangano yendawo.
- Ukulungelelanisa inkxaso kumhlobo okanye ummelwane one-dementia okanye ungumkhathaleli.
- Tyelela umntu onesifo se-Alzheimer.
- Ukuvotela abantu abazinikele ekuxhaseni abo abane-Alzheimer's kunye nokukhathazeka kwengqondo, kunye nabaxhasi babo.
Imithombo:
I-Alzheimer's Association. 2017 Iinkcukacha kunye namanani. https://www.alz.org/documents_custom/2017-facts-and-figures.pdf
I-Alzheimer's Association. Ingxelo yeBoomer. http://www.alz.org/boomers/
American Cancer Society. Ngomhla ka-31 Matshi 2014. Impembelelo yoqoqosho lweCarcer. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/economic-impact-cancercer
Umbutho waseMerika ekuguga. Ngo-Oktobha 27, 2011. NgoNovemba yiNyanga yeSizwe yoNakekela iNyanga. http://www.asaging.org/blog/november-national-family-caregiver-month
IiNkonzo zezeMpilo. 7 I-OCT 2014. Ixabiso leNkcitho ye-Elder-Care in Informal e-United States: Iimvavanyo ezitsha ezivela kwi-Survey Time Time. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12238/abstract