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 Warning over 65: Do not go above the activity level


Gerontologist F. Sıla Ayan made warnings for individuals over the age of 65 who do not go out on Sundays. Ayan said: “Problems such as breathlessness, feeling of sickness, fainting, or musculoskeletal pain may be experienced if the level of activity that is used or tolerated is exceeded and the elderly are overstretched.”


Within the scope of the measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic, individuals over the age of 65, who have been in their homes for a long time, started to go out on Sundays. Indicating that the elderly may be faced with the risk of loss of balance and frequent fall in the process of spending time outside due to muscle and skeletal losses and condition decreases during the long-term immobility, Gerontologist F. Sıla Ayan emphasized that the psychosocial needs of the elderly should not be forgotten.

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