Self-Care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health
What Is Self-Care
Self-Care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health
💥Self-Care involves:
💥Making healthy Lifestyle choices - being physically active and eating healthily
💥Avoiding unhealthy Lifestyle habits – avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
💥Making responsible use of prescription and non-prescription medicines
💥Self-recognition of symptoms - assessing and addressing symptoms, in partnership with a healthcare professional where necessary
💥Self-monitoring - checking for signs of deterioration or improvement
💥Avoiding unhealthy Lifestyle habits – avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
💥Making responsible use of prescription and non-prescription medicines
💥Self-recognition of symptoms - assessing and addressing symptoms, in partnership with a healthcare professional where necessary
💥Self-monitoring - checking for signs of deterioration or improvement
💥The Benefits of Self-Care are threefold:
💥Better Choice
Self-Care gives people greater availability of effective healthcare. It saves individuals time and effort, by allowing them to manage many health conditions conveniently and successfully by themselves. It lets individuals address basic needs without the complications and added effort of going to see a doctor
💥 Better Care
Self-Care empowers people to take their health and wellbeing into their own hands, giving them the incentive to improve their quality of life. It plays a key role in the prevention of certain conditions and improves recovery times where total prevention fails. It’s a critical part of well-being at all stages of life.
💥 Better Value
Self-Care helps combat rising healthcare costs around the world. Short-term investments in self-care lead to demonstrable long-term savings for governments and healthcare industries across the world. Self-care eases the workload of strained healthcare systems by enabling them to allocate resources more efficiently and effectively.
The Future of Self-Care:
Several key factors are shaping the future of the Self-Care Industry.
The global population is aging with an ever-greater need for better chronic disease management. At the same time, the consumer journey is rapidly evolving, impacting how individuals interact with healthcare providers and buy self-care.
In an omni-channel world, people want convenient, transparent and affordable options at their fingertips. The explosion in data-driven solutions also means that individuals have come to expect holistic, personalized solutions across every aspect of their lives.
The Global Self-Care Federation is helping the industry respond to these factors and achieve
In an omni-channel world, people want convenient, transparent and affordable options at their fingertips. The explosion in data-driven solutions also means that individuals have come to expect holistic, personalized solutions across every aspect of their lives.
The Global Self-Care Federation is helping the industry respond to these factors and achieve