NgoNovemba inyanga lapho sigcizelela khona izifundo ezimbili ezibaluleke kakhulu: isifo se-Alzheimer kanye nokunakekelwa komndeni. Ngo-1983, uMengameli uRonald Reagan wayengumongameli wokuqala ukukhetha uNgove njengeNyanga Yokuqwashisa Ngezifo Zesizwe sika-Alzheimer, kanti uMongameli uBill Clinton uqale wakhetha uNovemba ngenyanga kaNovemba njengeNational Family Caregivers Month ngo-1997.
Kungani Kufanele Ukhanyise Izifo Nge-Alzheimer?
Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5 baseMelika banesifo se-Alzheimer, futhi bonke abantu baseMelika bayathinteka, ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile.
Lokhu kuhlanganisa nalabo abaye batholakala ukuthi banalo, abanezibonakaliso kodwa bengakatholakali, labo abaziyo futhi bathanda umuntu onesifo so-Alzheimer, kanye nabo bonke abanye ngenxa yemali engenakwenzeka ezweni lethu lichitha ukunakekelwa nokuhlobene nocwaningo kulesi sifo.
Isifo se-Alzheimer (kanye nokuwohloka komqondo okuhlobene ) siwukuphela kwezimbangela eziyishumi zokufa e-United States ukuthi asinayo indlela yokuphulukisa noma yokwelapha ngokuphumelelayo. Empeleni, oyedwa kwabangu-3 asebekhulile ufa nge-Alzheimer noma enye ingqondo yokugula komzimba. Nakuba kukhona imithi embalwa eye yavunyelwa yi-Food & Drug Administration ukuyiphatha, ayinanci ekusebenzeni kwayo. Ngakho-ke, kudingeka imali eyengeziwe ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo oluqhubekayo.
Ukwengeza, isifo se-Alzheimer yisinye sezimo ezibi kakhulu ezweni lakithi, ngokusho kombiko wonyaka we-Alzheimer's Association on 2017 Facts and Figures.
Kubiza malini? Ngonyaka, kulinganiselwa ukuthi ubiza u-$ 259 billion, kuhlanganise nezindleko eziqondile nezingaqondile.
Kungani Kufanele Ukhanyise Ukubhekwa Kwezinsizakalo Zomndeni?
Ngokusho kocwaningo lwe-RAND, abantu base-United States bachitha amahora angu-30 amabhiliyoni enakekela amalungu omndeni. Laba bantu abanakekeli bangamahora angaba ngu-20 ngesonto futhi umsebenzi wabo ulinganiselwa ku-$ 522 billion ngonyaka.
Abanakekeli bomndeni bavame ukugxilisa izindima eziningi, kufaka phakathi komlingani, umzali, umntwana omdala, nomnakekeli. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha nawo asebenza. Balawula impilo yabo eceleni komunye umuntu. Ngaphandle kokunakekelwa komndeni, singaba nezigidi zabantu abangakwazi ukusebenza futhi ngaphandle kokunakekelwa. Izinhlelo zethu zokunakekelwa kwezezimali nezokunakekelwa kwezempilo zizoqhubeka ziwohloka. Futhi, abathandekayo bethu ngeke babe nenzuzo yokunakekelwa amalungu abo omndeni.
Ngenkathi abanye abanakekeli bekhetha ngenhloso yokunakekela othandekayo wabo, abanye bangase babe nomuzwa wokuthi abanokuzikhethela ngokukwenza kanjalo. Lokhu kungahle kuhlobene nokulindelwe kwamasiko , ulwazi olulinganiselwe lwezinketho noma ukungabi nemithombo. Laba banakekelayo, kanye nabanye, badinga ukwesekwa nokukhuthazwa. Ukukhathala nokucindezeleka ekubeni ngumnakekeli kungabangela ukushisa , futhi ukushisa kwandisa ingozi yokuhlukunyezwa noma ukunganakwa .
Abanakekeli bomndeni yiqembu labantu abafanelwe ukusekelwa nokukhuthazwa kwethu njengoba behamba ngomsebenzi ongakabonakali wokunakekela abathandekayo babo.
Kuyini Okuhle "Ukuqwashisa Ukuqaphela" Kwenziwe?
Ingabe uyazibuza, "Uyini iphuzu?" Noma, ingabe ucabanga ukuthi, "Awukwenzi umehluko omkhulu?" Nakhu kungani ukukhulisa ukuqwashisa kungasiza.
Uma abantu bekwaziswa okuthile, baqala ukulalela. Bakulalela ngokucophelela lapho amabhajethi enhlangano exoxwa ngakho, angase aqonde ezinye zezinselele umakhelwane azobhekana nazo njengoba ekhathalela umkakhe nge-Alzheimer's disease, futhi bangase bazimisele ngokwengeziwe ukusekela izinhlangano ezisiza abanakekeli noma abanye ukuba baziphathe ucwaningo ngesifo se-Alzheimer's.
Izwi kusuka
Uma wonke umuntu enza into eyodwa ukusekela abanakekeli bethu nalabo abaphila ne-Alzheimer's, singenza umehluko ndawonye. Nazi izindlela ezimbalwa ongasiza ngazo:
- Isho okuthile. Uma unethuba, yabelana ngolwazi lwakho noma imicabango yakho. Indaba yomuntu siqu inamandla amaningi kunamaqiniso jikelele.
- Yabelana ngendaba ephathelene ne-Alzheimer noma abanakekeli kuma-social media.
- Volonta enhlanganweni yendawo.
- Vumelanisa ukusekelwa komngane noma umakhelwane onomqondo wokugula noma onomnakekeli.
- Vakashela umuntu one-Alzheimer's disease.
- Votela abantu abazinikele ekusekeleni labo abane-Alzheimer's and dementia, kanye nabanakekeli babo.
Imithombo:
I-Alzheimer's Association. Ama-2017 Amanani nezibalo. https://www.alz.org/documents_custom/2017-facts-and-figures.pdf
I-Alzheimer's Association. Umbiko we-Boomer. http://www.alz.org/boomers/
I-American Cancer Society. Mashi 31, 2014. Umthelela wezomnotho weCanscer. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/economic-impact-of-cancer
I-American Society ekuguga. Ngo-Okthoba 27, 2011. NgoNovemba Inyanga Yomndeni Kazwelonke Wokunakekela. http://www.asaging.org/blog/november-national-family-caregiver-month
Usizo lwezeMpilo. 7 OCT 2014. Izindleko Zomdala Ongakahleleki-Ukunakekelwa E-United States: Ukuhlola okusha okuvela ku-Survey Time Use Survey. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12238/abstract