Drinking water may boost health of elderly
Since residents at a Suffolk care home were encouraged to increase their intake when a water club was set up last summer, they have felt their overall wellbeing improve, according to the report from Medical News Today.
It says that the residents were given a jug of water in their rooms and encouraged to drink eight to ten glasses of water a day, while water coolers were placed around the home.
Resident Jean Lavender, 88, is said to feel 20 years younger as a result of upping her water intake, commenting: "I feel more alert - more cheerful too. I'm not a miserable person, but it's added a sort of zest."
Cross-bench peer Baroness Greengross is reported to be supporting the initiative in the belief that too little water is adversely affecting the health of many elderly people.
Meanwhile, a new Barchester care home in Suffolk enjoyed a celebrity atmosphere earlier this week, when Ipswich Town footballers Alan Lee, Danny Haynes and David Wright opened the 84-bed Alice Grange care home in Ropes Drive, Kesgrave.
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