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Raleigh--Human
Resources Secretary Philli
J. Kirk Jr. is urging Nort
Carolinians to donate electric
fans or make cash contribu-
tions to Operation Fan-Heat
Relief, a special emergency
project to help elderly
citizens co
breaking
state.
The project is a
cooperative effort between
the N.C. Division of Aging
and the state’s 18 Area Agen-
cies on Aging.
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Operation Fan-Heat Relief To Help Elderly Citizens
During July, the hot
weather has contributed to at
least six deaths in the
Southeast and two in North
Carolina.
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conditioning are at the
greatest risk of suffering
heat-related health pro-
blems.
Elaine Stoops, assistant
secretary of aging, said that
the donated fans will be given
to those elderly citizens with
the greatest need of relief
from the heat.
‘‘Our volunteers who
deliver home meals, along
with our home health aides
and chore workers will be
checking for heat stress caus-
ed by a lack of fans or air con-
ditioning,” she pointed out.
‘In addition, North
Carolina’s 90 Senior Centers
will be open providing a cool
place for older adults.”
Stoops noted that elderly
citizens have a greater need
for fans or air conditioning
because they frequently have
chronic health problems re-
quiring medication that af-
fects the body’s natural
defenses to cope with heat.
For example, diuretics,
often prescribed for high °
blood pressure, reduce the
amount of fluids and also af-
fect the body’s cooling
system. During hot weather
the body needs to perspire
because the evaporated
water has a cooling effect.
Stoops, who is also a
registered nurse, said that
certain tranquilizers and
drugs used to treat Parkin-
son’s disease interfere with
perspiration.
These and other chronic
medical conditions, such as
circulatory problems,
diabetes, stroke, obesity, and
heart disease, often upset
normal bodily responses to
heat.
She stressed that the symp-
toms of heat exhaustion are
dry mouth, sunken eyes, ex-
cessive thirst which is a sign
of dehydration, sore muscles
caused by heat cramps, ex-
cessive perspiration,
weakness, cramps, dizziness,
nausea, and feeling light
headed.
The signs of heat stroke are
hot dry skin, a lack of
perspiration, a rapid pulse,
and being disoriented.
Heat stroke is a tremen-
dous strain on the body and is
considered a medical
emergency. A person with
the symptoms of heat stroke
should see a doctor or get to a
hospital immediately.
Stoops added that health of-
ficials caution older adults to
drink plenty of water, take
cool baths and showers, and
try to stay in the shade or
breeze as ways to avoid heat-
related illnesses. :
It is also important for
them to avoid alcoholic
beverages, heavy meals and
hot foods, and to get a
doctor’s advice about
medication during hot
weather.
Older people who cannot
take care of themselves
should be watched very
caretully during the heat
wave. They should be offered
water or chilled liquids fre-
quenily, and kept as cool as
possible. The most dangerous:
ages for heat stroke are 65
land over.
Persons wishing to donate
electric fans or make cash
contributions to Operation
Fan-Heat Relief should con-
tact their local Area Agency
on Aging or call CARE-LINE
toll free from anywhere in
North Carolina at
1-800-662-7030. :
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