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The Department of Social Welfare and Equal Opportunities Policy, which directs Maria del Carmen Pelegrin, in anticipation of the high temperatures that occur at this time of year in Murcia has launched a special device to help older people to beat the heat between July and September.
This service has been incorporated since May 2009 an Action Plan to identify possible symptoms of influenza A virus, in order to inform users about the disease and avoid unnecessary alarm.
Upon request, we inform the elders on the prevention and hygiene to avoid contagion.
Through a series of reports on practical advice how to deal with possible symptoms.
Social Welfare, serving a total of 2,691 users through the Telecare service, performs a series of recommendations and monitors the user services to prevent, minimize and deal with health effects that can cause extreme temperatures.
The actions of this year give particular attention to the most defenseless against heat, to be in key risk.
These measures apply to all the users of Telecare, but in a special way to the most vulnerable age, dependency, isolation and chronic diseases associated with cardiovascular or respiratory rate.
Between 1 June and 7 July 2009 have been made over 1701 visits to deliver and read the recommendations to prevent the effects of heat and has been visited 854 key users risk.
The Emergency Plan for high temperatures was carried out for eight days.
Emphasizes the implementation of a special care for older people with a higher risk through home telecare service.
It aims to take special care of the elderly, especially over 80 years, living alone, in addition to those who suffer an emergency as a result of a heat wave, which suffer from associated chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular or respiratory problems, some disability or any other characteristic related to their health or housing conditions that contribute to their consideration as vulnerable to the heat wave (obesity or extreme thinness, diabetes, lack of proper cooling system, etc.).
Depending on the parameters set by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, the device is activated depending on the risk levels established by the Institute of Meteorology and is divided into three levels.
Level 1 is aimed at everyone over 80 who live alone (Among users of Telecare are currently 239 major part of this group), level 2 for children under 80 years with one or more factors socio risk (no 397) and level 3 targets over 80 years, in addition to live alone, are associated with more than three risk factors (total 72).
They all add up 708, the highest risk group.
Telecare For beneficiaries have implemented a number of preventive measures, among which the distribution in their homes a few recommendations developed specifically for this purpose, the advance information of the anticipated temperature forecasts provided by the Institute of Meteorology professionals Call the Central and the identification of users based on their risk and their identification using keys to facilitate intervention if necessary.
Additionally there are 145 detectors installed in homes mobile users ever level 3 and level 2 directly connected via radio with mobile units and are made daily calls and visits of the two mobile units daily users that need it most.
The units come with an additional supplementary equipment for emergency disposal, refrigerator consisting of a network connector, sports drinks and cold packs.
Note that this device work more than 43 people a day.
The home telecare service is provided 24 hours a day throughout the year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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