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Maintaining Personal Hygiene Is A Key To Senior Health
If you’re the caregiver of an elderly person, you’re likely no stranger to the fact that personal hygiene upkeep can be a challenge for him/her. What can you do to help? It’s important to always bear in mind that maintaining personal hygiene is a key to senior health.
What Are The Best Activities For Seniors To Enjoy This Fall?
With the fall season officially beginning on Tuesday, September 22nd, it’s time for Canadians to face a harsh reality. It’s about to get cold! Of course, the closing of summer doesn’t just signify the end of hot and sunny days. It offers up opportunities to partake in new array of fun activities. Many of them are fun and safe for seniors. If you live with an elderly loved one, now is the time to consider the new activities that will keep them entertained all autumn long.
Safe Bathing Practices For Seniors Who Have Alzheimer’s
Are you impacted by the presence of Alzheimer’s in your family? If so, you’re undoubtedly privy to the difficulties the disease can present. Bathing often presents a major difficulty. Therefore, it’s important for seniors who have Alzheimer’s to follow safe bathing practices.
How To Ensure Each Climb Up The Stairs Is A Safe One
Many older adults battle with diminishing strength and balance. For them, climbing either up or down the stairs can be a dangerous task. So what can you do to ensure that each climb up the stairs in your home is safe for your elderly loved one?
3 Changes To Your Bathroom You May Want To Consider
Generally speaking, there’s nothing to fear when you enter a bathroom. Most of us use this room of the home each and every day without incident. However, it’s important to remember that seniors can often have tougher times keeping upright. Do you have an elderly loved one in your home who uses a mobility solution to keep him/her from falling? If so, you may want to consider making some changes to the bathroom.
How To Create A Safe Bedroom For Your Elderly Loved One
It’s only right that the elderly loved one in your home is given the peace and quiet he/she needs every night. As you are likely aware, falling and staying soundly asleep doesn’t come easy for seniors. In many cases, aches and pains are to blame for sleepless nights. In some other instances, mobility issues play a factor in not getting comfortable.
However, the mental and emotional well-being of seniors must also be taken into account. Perhaps, all your elderly loved one needs to have better sleeps each night is the knowledge that he/she is safe. What can you do to create a safe bedroom for your elderly loved one?
Offering Our Older Generation The Respect And Support It Deserves
We’re all facing a very tough time. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to treat life very differently. We can’t take our health and safety for granted in ways we once did. Mask-wearing, for example, is highly touted as a way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Consider how much our elderly population is going through, at the moment. They are considered the most susceptible to the virus’ dangerous effects.
In addition to wearing masks, there are many other things we can do to offer our older generation the respect and support it deserves. In this week’s blog, we’ll examine just a few of them.
Nutrition Is The Key To Vitality In Older Adults
Naturally, as we age, we become more prone to failing health. But this doesn’t always have to be the case! We all know people who have lived into their 100s and have often cited their healthy life choices as their “secrets”. Such life choices include healthy eating. What foods are most important for older adults to eat? As we’ll explore in this week’s blog, nutrition truly is the key to vitality in older adults.
Overcoming The Barriers Of Aging In Place
Aging in place is much preferred by the majority of Canadian senior citizens. This is especially true now that COVID-19 has proven to be a havoc-wreaker on old age homes all across the country. However, for most senior citizens, living at home isn’t all that easy. It’s important for their homes to be safe and equipped with all of the necessities that make their lives comfortable.