Allergy season can be a difficult time, especially for aging adults. Allergy symptoms, while uncomfortable for any age, need to be treated differently in aging adults. This could be challenging as they require a lot of care and support. During allergy season, senior living in La Porte, TX take steps to protect their residents from allergens that can cause discomfort and health problems.
Some of the measures that the senior living takes to protect their residents during allergy season include:
- Observing the Allergy Symptoms
Learning what allergy symptoms look like is critical to managing them for aging adults. Although the symptoms may seem harmless enough, they can cause extreme discomfort and complicate the treatment of other conditions. The main symptoms that are being looked out for are runny nose, watery or itchy eyes, sneezing, coughing, dark circles under the eyes, etc.
- Avoiding High Pollen Days
During spring allergies, the air is also full of pollen, setting off allergies in residents. Residents in independent living are sensitized and encouraged to stay indoors and minimize their exposure to pollen to keep the symptoms manageable.
- Wearing the Right Clothes When Outside
To avoid exposure to the allergen, residents are encouraged to stay indoors during times when pollen levels are high. However, when the outdoors cannot be avoided, residents are encouraged to wear the right clothing to keep allergens at bay. Outfits like sunglasses to prevent pollen from getting in the eyes and irritating them, a hat, headscarf, or bandana to keep irritants out of the hair which can later fall into the eyes and nose, and long sleeves and pants to allow for easy cleaning when they return indoors are always recommended.
- Keeping the Apartments Allergen-Free
Although keeping the apartment totally free of allergens might not be possible. However, there are different measures that can be put in place to minimize allergens. One of the ways to do that is by keeping windows and doors closed to prevent allergens from entering the building, using air purifiers and air filters to remove allergens from the air, and regularly cleaning and vacuuming common areas and individual living spaces to remove allergens from surfaces, etc. After being outdoors, residents are encouraged to change their clothes immediately and put the clothes that have been exposed to allergens where they would be washed. This is to isolate all irritants and make the wash cycle get rid of them so the clothes are ready for their next wear.
- Providing the Residents with Immune Boosting Meals
Foods that boost the immune system can help aging adults manage seasonal allergy symptoms. Residents are provided with a variety of meal plans that can help boost their immune systems and help them stay fit.
- Encouraging Residents to Take Allergy Medication as Prescribed
Independent living provides amenities that cover the resident’s medical care services. Aging adults in this community are provided with allergy medications and encouraged to take them as prescribed. In addition to this, retirement communities may also have trained staff on hand to assist residents with managing their allergies and providing support during allergy season.
- Providing Education and Information about Allergy Triggers and Ways to Avoid Them
Residents in independent living are provided with the right information about allergies and the measures to take for them to stay safe from being affected.
