Reasons why you could be complacent about your parent's health.
Prevention being better than cure is an immensely popular idea but the practice of it is far less prevalent. Many health issues, especially among the elderly, can be avoided if preventive care measures are chosen at the right time. Why do many of us tend to ignore the importance of preventive care? There could be three possible reasons.
Humans are bad in the planning of future events
This explanation stems from the same evolutionary theories which explain many of our other behaviors. For a major portion of human existence, humans have only cared about their basic and not -so far needs. Struggle for food & shelter, saving one’s life from inclement weather, surviving unknown diseases and wild animals, forced humans to worry about their immediate survival. Immediate survival and existence are what humans have grown with, for most of their evolutionary history. The human mind developed over 1000 years is guided by the same “prehistoric” brain. a brain biased against long-term planning.
Grass growing phenomenon
We don’t realize a change taking place until it attains a certain status. For most kinds of changes in our life, this applies. It is like the growth of grass. We don’t see it growing but notice the change when the growth has attained to a certain height. We don’t realize how our parents are growing old if we see them regularly. For the same reasons, we get surprised at the growth of your relative’s kid whom you tend to meet after a long gap.
Availability of services
Let’s accept that while the world is full of motivation resources towards career success, money-making, or even martial success, there are few resources available to motivate you to make an informed decision about your good health. Through Swasmos we are trying to contribute towards building awareness for good health, especially at old age. We believe this awareness is the first step before taking any actionable decisions toward any impending health-related issues.