Elderly people "make your home time fun and healthy" compiled by the University of Tokyo at 4:46 on May 10
The University of Tokyo Research Institute for Aging Society has created a leaflet that summarizes the key points in order to allow elderly people to stay healthy at home without compromising their muscular strength and immunity, despite the prolonged refraining from going out due to the new coronavirus.
This was created based on the concept of "the wisdom that seniors can spend their time at home fun and healthy without losing the new coronavirus".
Among them, “Being bedridden for 2 years in the elderly loses muscle mass for 7 years”, and if you stay home and do not move your body, your physical and mental functions may decline, and you may approach a state in which you need care. He emphasizes that it is important to maintain nutrition, exercise, and connection with people to maintain good health.
On top of that, exercise should be carried out while taking measures to prevent infections, and should be done in the open air in the light of a time when traffic is low. I recommend eating fermented foods every day.
It also introduces how to check for weakness on your own.
Katsuya Iijima, Director of the Research Institute for Aging Society of the University of Tokyo, said, "The most important issue is that the independence of the elderly and the degree of activity in their lives do not decline when the infection subsides. Maintaining various functions of the body , "I want you to devise your life so that you can go up the stairs and become yourself."