User:Dheeraj.health

= Health management by medication compliance and family support = The world population has reached 7 billion. In developed nations the rate of growth has slowed down, people are living longer and large number of people are more than 50 years old. On the other hand the developing nations have young population, but large section of the population is very poor, malnourished and impacted by frequent outbreaks.

In developed nations the Healthcare is either provided by Govt. or largely controlled by private sector like in USA. In developing nation the healthcare is mostly provided by Govt. run hospitals and partially by private sector.

In either of the cases - general cost of Healthcare is high, and has financial bearing on families. The old, children under 18 and disabled are dependent on healthy able bodied family members. This builds lot of expectation from these family members. The young working generation are moving from smaller cities to bigger cities, hence they get disconnected with the parents and other dependents.

Large section of the society is now either under the grip of lifestyle disorders or age related issues.
·        Common Life style disorders include - Hypertension, Diabetes, Coronary Heart disease, Stroke, Blood Pressure, depression

·        Common age related problems include - Arthritis, Parkinson, Alzheimer’s, Depression

Key reasons for these disorders are:

1. Change in lifestyle and poor choices

2. Longevity

3. Heredity, in-born disorder, poverty and malnourished

Apart from this – many a time the patient (cared) need to be rushed to urgent care / emergency due to:


 * Lack of medication compliance, drug reaction and drug-drug reaction
 * Delay or ignored opportunity to see a Primary care Physician in time
 * Diminishing family support

Lack of Medication compliance :
In medicine, compliance (also adherence, capacitance) describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice.

Read more on medication adherence at - Adherence (medicine)

Medication Adherence: WHO Cares?



Delay in seeing a Primary care Physician :
For anyone who is not feeling healthy, first line of defense is “Primary Care Physician”. PCP is the first and most important chain in avoid emergencies and in many cases fatalities. Most of the cared and family caregivers miss this sign and wait for things to heal by themselves, try home medication and alternative medicines.

During incidents of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and acute diabetes first few minutes of care are extremely important. A regular visit to PCP can avoid such emergency situations.

- Why Primary care Physician are important ? - Primary care physician

- Importance of having a primary care Physician :

Family support :
This is one of most ignored aspect in the healthcare especially of the elderly. Most of the elderly and in the developed nations stay alone. For various reason the next generation has moved to different places. Due to this they are not able to look after their parents or grandparents regularly. The elderly cared need a constant support to manage medication, meet PCP regularly, and manage vitals, exercise and more.

Refer:

- Importance of family/social support and impact on adherence to diabetic therapy

- Developing Quality Indicators for Family Support Services in Community Team-Based Mental Health Care