Senior people are now using alternative medicine and therapies more and more, either alone or in conjunction with traditional forms of care, as news continues to spread of its gentle effects and dramatic reduction in side effects as compared to prescription medicationsThe most common forms of alternative medicine used by senior people are relaxation techniques, acupuncture, homeopathic remedies and herbal medicines.
Senior citizens are living longer! This is great newsBut why is it then that senior citizens receive more long term prescription medications, need more hospitalisation and more continuous care than they ever have before?
The difference is the ever-increasing prevalence of chronic illnesses:
Arthritis
Cardiovascular disease
Cancer (colon, rectal and breast)
Hypertension
Obesity.
These diseases, and many more, have escalated out of control in the western world, claiming the lives and freedom of millions of senior citizens every dayPneumonia and influenza also remain in the top ten causes of death for older adults
