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Is There Anything Your Senior Can Do to Control Blood Pressure?
High blood pressure can be a precursor for other serious health issues, like heart disease. By doing what your senior can as soon as she’s diagnosed with high blood pressure, she’s reducing her risk of experiencing some of those other health concerns. Making even small changes in some key areas of her life can help…
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Diabetes Foot Care Tips for Your Elderly Loved One
If your elderly loved one has diabetes, there are certain health issues that you will need to look out for. For example, you or a senior home care provider will need to regularly check your elderly loved one’s feet. There are numerous foot health issues that can be caused by diabetes. With that being said,…
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Four Big Reasons to Opt for Home Health Care for Your Senior
When your elderly family member needs additional help at home, particularly from a medical standpoint, it’s vital to have exactly the right kind of help. If your elderly family member is still on the fence about this idea, one option is to try talking to her about all of the various ways that extra help…
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How Can Elder Care Alleviate Your Senior’s Stress?
So many daily care tasks require a great deal of energy, which can even increase the time it takes for your senior to handle simple tasks she used to do quite quickly. All of this can add stress to your elderly family member’s life, and that can cause health issues. Bringing in elder care providers…
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What Can You Do to Plan a Safe Trip Home from the Hospital for Your Senior?
There’s so much to consider when your elderly family member is coming home from the hospital. Some of the things that you most need to know can get lost in the deluge of information that you’re about to get. That’s why it helps to have as much outside assistance in your corner as you can.…
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Five Ways Your Senior Can Boost Her Health
Everyone wants to be a little bit healthier, especially your aging family member. Here are some simple ways that she can start to improve her health in small increments that build on each other. Get Serious about Exercise It’s important for your senior to talk to her doctor about how much exercise is okay for…
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How Does Staying Active Benefit Your Senior?
Increasing physical activity can have some really powerful benefits for your senior, but that doesn’t mean she’s on board with the idea right out of the gate. Try talking with her about some of these possible results and see if that helps to change her mind. She Can Keep Her Brain Healthy When your elderly…
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How Can Senior Care Help Your Parent Remain in Their Home?
Seniors that are able to age in place by staying in their familiar homes as they get older have better overall health and better mental health than seniors who don’t. There are a lot of proven benefits to having seniors stay at home. But as the children of someone that is aging you’re probably worried…
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Tips for Arranging Home Health Care in an Emergency
Any emergency with an aging parent is stressful. It’s hard not to feel the pressure as you worry about the outcome of this event. Whether your mom has a stroke that requires a long recovery or she’s fell and broke her hip, you need to take time to arrange the care services she needs. Home…
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