Extreme Heat Or Flooding Puts Elders At Risk

Heat affects elders more than it does younger people. Dehydration could lead to cardiac or other medical crises. Sudden flooding or impending flooding stresses frail, older adults. Elders with impaired judgment caused by mild dementia could be more at risk than their healthy peers as the weather threatens their well-being.Adult children of aging parents at a distance are stressed and worried.

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Filed under: Seniors on June 19th, 2008