Healthy Aging and your Workplace

More about your workplace and how it affects your health:

Some places that you work at can be dangerous to your health. They can cause you a lot of medical and mentally problems. We know you have to work, now days if you do not work your not going to get anywhere. We are not telling you to run off and quite your job but we want you to do your work safely. So talk a long look into your work environment to see if you are safe or not. Does your environment affect your health?

What are some of jobs that are bad for one to do?

Some of the jobs that are bad for your health are sawmills and other mills the reason for this is because of the small gains that you breath in your lungs. In sawmills, a person will breathe in the sawdust, which effects your respiratory system. Other types of mills a person will breathe in all the small gains like corn, or wheat, and what ever else they grain up. Breathing all this stuff can cause you to develop lung disease and/or lung cancer. Factories often cause bronchitis, allergies and so on.

People in the southern parts work in the coalmines. These people have it bad too for the same reason. When the person visits the doctor environment factors are considered, which doctors often find damage due to the chemicals in the atmosphere or environment?

Coalmines are filled with black Sid. Black Sid will causes diseases known as the black lung cancer. Once the disease is in your system, unless your doctor caught it at the first stage, usually a person is out of luck.


Jobs may include the ones where a person has to spray to kill the weeds and the bugs. Spray is used to terminate lime also. The crops require such sprays to grow healthy, yet a person breathing in these hard chemicals are at risk. The chemicals do not only kill what they are spraying, but it ends up killing the person slowly. These chemicals could cause lung cancer or lung disease. Alternatively, if you are one of the lucky ones that don't get lung disease or cancer you just might various types of breathing problems.

What can I do to be safe while am at work?

When at work and you want to stay safe. You have options when it comes to workplace. You can play it smart and ask your supervisor if a mask is available. A caring supervisor will have one ready for you. If your supervisor does not offer you a mask, then you take it in your hands, go to your local drug store, and buy one for your own safety. In addition, make sure you wear the mask, it will help you in the end, since you will be better off than if you do not wear it.

What kind of mental problems can a job cause?

All jobs come with stress we have no control over. However, you can learn to control the stress that is put on you if you let stress control you that is bad for you. Stress will take control if you let it. We all have deadlines to meet as well as making sure we are doing our job the right way. Stress if out of control however can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, or even a stroke. Just remember you have all the control to handle the stress or to let it handle you. If you learn to handle stress and wear mask you will live a healthier life so play it safe.

What to Expect When Depressed And Elderly

Depressed elderly individuals have many symptoms that can betray their real condition. Most elderly will not admit to being sad, so others have to take clues from how they act, physical signs of depression and symptoms such as confusion, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, forgetfulness and vague aches and pains.

Unlike younger people who are depressed, the elderly may have various diseases or disabilities that cause them to lose social support. Life changes such as death of a spouse or sibling or closest friend; changes in residence like moving to a retirement home. The elderly are often overlooked and isolated which complicates diseases such as depression.

Elderly individuals who are depressed often find that their depression lasts longer as treatment starts off at a lower dosage than it does for younger individuals. The elderly are more sensitive to medications so the dose is low to start as a precaution against over sensitivity to medications.

Depression in the elderly can worsen physical illnesses increasing healing times, which increases cost.

Elderly individual can expect that certain factors increase their risk for depression including certain medications that they may be on for high blood pressure, indigestion, or inflammation. Depression may also be a symptom of another illness; so reporting symptoms of depression to a doctor and receiving an evaluation is important to your health. Other risk factors for depression can be found in your family history. Those with family members who have depression have an increased risk themselves to become depressed. Loss such as physical loss of body parts, or loss from the death of a spouse, friend or other family member. Their own past suicide attempt can also put them at risk for future depression episodes.

Chronic or severe pain increases the risk for depression. The elderly individual can expect that the treatment plan for depression may be a combination medication, psychotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy.

The medications that will likely be prescribed are antidepressants. Antidepressants may take longer to work because doctors will start at a lower dose, as they are generally more sensitive to medications.

Psychotherapy can help the individual to learn coping skills for dealing with stress and life changes. Psychotherapy is usually in combination with medication therapy.

Elderly patients who do not respond to traditional treatments for depression may be good candidates for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). A medical doctor performs this procedure. ECT is usually repeated on a regular basis (weekly or monthly). ECT may also be done on those patients unable to take medications.

When you are elderly and depressed it is difficult to ask for help. Depression can be very isolating. The feelings of sadness, can be overwhelming and without a support system depression can worsen.