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Secure Healthcare Solutions encourages a Healthy lifestyle for our field staff to keep their well-being up. Here are 5 tips on how to stay healthy:

Wash your hands often

Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of illness. Our care workers who work with Secure Healthcare Solutions are out in the field and we take pride in our quality of care, and we provide full PPE for all field staff as we hold an open-door policy so our staff can come in to ensure they are all stocked up with their PPE to ensure health and safety and spreading of any germs and illnesses are minimalized.

Getting Enough Sleep

Having an adequate amount of sleep is a major key to staying healthy for care workers and nurses. There are many benefits of getting enough sleep such as being able to think more clearly. As a Care worker or a nurse, this is vital as you are providing a service of care. Getting more sleep is healthy as it also reduces stress and puts you in a better mood. This has benefits as you will be face to face with clients and service users.

Avoiding harmful use of Alcohol

Not having a harmful amount of alcohol is a major benefit for staying healthy not just for care workers and nurses but for everyone in general. Drinking a harmful amount of alcohol has risks for weight gain, and it can interfere with memory and learning, which is a major key for care workers and nurses, keeping your mind clear so you are aware of what goes on in the shift and what you have done for night handovers and day handovers is key for either the carer or nurse who takes you off shift. Harmful alcohol intake can also lead to liver diseases and other severe chronic diseases. So, monitoring your intake of alcohol is a key tip for staying healthy for care workers and nurses.

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Being Active

Being more active is a brilliant way to keep healthy, this isn’t just for Care workers and nurses but everyone overall. Making physical activity part of your daily routine can be a good way to keep fit and healthy, taking walks during your break. Cycling to work will be another benefit for staying healthy. Physical activity will keep you active and especially when you are on your feet providing a service of care being a care worker and nurse, it’ll give you more energy and be proactive.

Eating a Healthy Diet

Eating a healthy balanced diet is key to staying healthy, basing your meals on high fiber and starchy carbohydrates will give you a sufficient amount of energy for daily activities especially working in care, you’ll need the right amount of fuel for your shift if its in nursing homes, community care or even working in the NHS. Eating a lot of fruit and veg can give you an excellent source of essential vitamins and minerals, and they are high in the fiber itself. Fruit and veg have a wide range of boosting health antioxidants. Eating a balanced diet of fruit and vegetables can minimalize a person’s risk of getting and developing heart disease, cancer, inflammation, and diabetes. Cutting down Saturated fats and sugar is also another tip for a healthy balanced diet. Being a care worker or nurse means that you’ll be on the go 24/7 depending on your shit pattern so having a healthy mindset and a healthy body it’ll keep you going for your long hours. Water intake is key for staying healthy as we know our bodies are made up of 60% water more than half. Drinking plenty of water has many benefits such as relieving and preventing headaches. Drinking 2 liters of water a day is a good key to staying healthy.

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We are celebrating nutrition and hydration week to highlight the importance of nutrition and hydration within the healthcare sector.

Nutrition and hydration are very important, particularly for the older generation. Not consuming enough food and not being hydrated can cause fragile skin and bones, dizziness, headaches and feel weak, increased risk of infections, falls, kidney problems, and many other problems.

It essential that we provide our patients a nutritious well-balanced diet and ensure our patients are hydrated on a consistent basis, our healthcare staff ensures our patients healthy and energized.

Secure healthcare work closely with chefs at care/nursing homes and home care patients to assist and support to ensure individuals receive nutritious tasty meals and make sure our patients are hydrated.

It is important to have a well-balanced diet that is nutritious and that you remain hydrated, as your long term health is likely to be impacted if you are not doing this, whether that is if you are not eating enough or if you are eating fatty foods such as pizza, cheese, fast food meals, etc. Having a well-balanced nutritious diet and staying hydrated will ensure you are energized throughout the day and you will be much healthier.

The British Nutrition Foundation highlights that one-third of our diet should be made up of fruit and vegetables. A portion of fruit and vegetables is 80grams and it is important to have 5 portions to contribute towards your 5-a-day.

Fruit and vegetables are important to contribute towards your vitamins and minerals, to ensure a healthy well-balanced diet, and reduce nutritional deficiencies. Fruit can be a good way to start your day, eating a banana full of, high in sugar and fiber will give you great morning energy, also it vital to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables throughout the day to ensure you have a nutritious diet.

High fiber fruit and vegetables are good for the digestive system, to remove waste more efficiently. Eating a diet with fiber can reduce blood cholesterol levels, prevent heart disease, bowel cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

Click here to find out more about different fruit and vegetables nutritious information

Protein

Is it essential that you have a diet that has your daily protein intake to fuel your energy and to help you repair your body cells and make new ones? For adults it is recommended to take an average of 0.8g of protein per kilogram body weight per day, for example, if you weigh 75kg, you would need 60grams of protein per day. If you work out having 20-30grams of extra protein after workout out is important, to repair your muscles.

Some high protein foods per (100g) include: Chicken breast (28g), Salmon (20g), Cheese (25g), Red lentils (7.6g), Chickpeas (8.4g), Oatmeal (11.2g), Almonds (21.1g)

Hydrate your body

Ensure that your drink enough water throughout the day to make sure you are hydrated. Hot drinks often tend to cause dehydration, therefore it is important that you drink water throughout the day. In the UK it is recommended that adults have 1600ml of fluid (women) and 2000ml of fluid (men), approximately 6-8 glasses a day. For those that do not drink enough, you will feel dehydrated, you will become thirsty, urine will become darker in colour, and will notice a stronger smell, you may also experience headaches, feeling dizzy and tired, and finding it difficult to concentrate.

Wash your hands often

Getting Enough Sleep

Avoiding harmful use of Alcohol

Being Active

Eating a Healthy Diet

Protein

Hydrate your body