Quite rightly, @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social notes the circular nature of the relationship between health care and social care, in the @bmj.com this month. Link here, and I’ll also share some highlights in a 🧵… #MedSky #PublicHealth #EndPJParalysis www.bmj.com/content/387/... - ThreadSky

trishaelliott.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Quite rightly, @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social notes the circular nature of the relationship between health care and social care, in the @bmj.com this month.

Link here, and I’ll also share some highlights in a 🧵…

#MedSky
#PublicHealth
#EndPJParalysis

https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2743

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zetkin.bsky.social•65 days ago

Whe active travel is made possible by the presence of frequent, regular & reliable public transport, people automatically take a surprising amount of exercise every day without thinking about it. Also maintain social connections.

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

“We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. Hospital beds are full.

Over 12% of hospital inpatients no longer meet the criteria to be there.

This has knock-on effects for emergency departments and leads to cancellation of elective operations.”

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All very true!

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

“The costs of social care are unaffordable for many and are increasing massively.”

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

“Adult social care accounts for half of some local councils’ revenue budgets, meaning that many are making drastic cuts in the things that keep people healthy —such as swimming pools, play parks, and walkable streets.”

A sad state of affairs I’m sure most of us will agree on.

#MedSky
#SocialSky

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

“Being physically active reduces the need for social care, and a person’s fitness is the major determinant of how much care is needed.

Yet our default model of healthcare creates passivity for patients.”

Getting people fit is hard work though! For them and their healthcare advisors.

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

In the article, @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social reminds us that:

“the media, the public, and popular culture expect older people to rest and middle aged people to be sedentary.”

And there is also fear of falls in hospitals, both from patients and staff. So people are immobilised…

trishaelliott.bsky.social•65 days ago

We know that:

“…losing fitness is not inevitable with ageing, and people can improve their fitness levels to those of someone 10 years younger by starting to be active”.

Can I mention here Muir Gray’s book “Sod Seventy”? It has lots of common sense advice on how to age as well as we can.

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