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How To Ensure Your Safety While Using A Walker
Walkers and rollators make excellent mobility solutions. They can be used both indoors and outdoors to help both elderly individuals and those with mobility issues to safely walk from one point to another. It should go without saying that preventing slips and falls is a huge benefit to using a walker. While a walker is
Walk-In Tubs Provide A Safer Way For Seniors To Bathe
Caregivers of seniors face many challenges. Understandably, it’s certainly not the easiest job in the world to look after the needs of a senior citizen. This is especially true when the senior citizen doesn’t welcome the assistance. When it comes to bathing, friction between caregivers and care recipients can often
Seniors Still Need Exercise – Including Those Who Use Wheelchairs!
Many of us consider healthy eating and exercise necessary parts of our lives in order to remain both healthy and youthful. Most gym memberships are secured by individuals who consider themselves able-bodied and young enough to endure the rigours of regular workout regimens. Let it be made clear that you’re never too old for…
Helping Your Elderly Loved Ones To Beat The Heat
On the Advantage Home Health Solutions Blog, we often talk about the various ways that we can all make our homes safer for seniors. And while this will always be an important subject, considering that we spend the majority of our time inside our homes, it’s vital that we also address the fact that when we venture outdoors, the safety of our elderly loved ones need twice as much the attention.
3 Ways To Convince Your Elderly Loved Ones To Participate In Outdoor Activities
The spring is a wonderful time of year, isn’t it? So, maybe it’s time to start planning some outdoor activities for your elderly loved ones.
Here are three ways to convince them to participate in outdoor springtime activities:
Preventing Slips And Falls By Eliminating Tripping Hazards From The Home
We’ve all taken a tumble at some point or another. For youngsters, slipping and falling isn’t usually a big deal. Scrapes and cuts are the general outcomes. Of course, those are the best case scenarios. As we get older, the prospects become a lot more grim. As the Government of Canada informs us on Canada.ca, falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians. So, for those who live with their elderly loved ones, it’s important to do everything possible to prevent falls.
A Cleaner, Brighter Home Is A Safer Home For Seniors
Fall prevention in the home starts with keeping it clean. It’s honestly the easiest and quickest way to make your home a lot safer. Especially if you live with elderly individuals who may have mobility issues, it’s important to keep your stairways and hallways free of any type of clutter or debris. Sensibly, the less tripping hazards you have in your home, the less likely falls will take place.
The Importance Of Keeping Your Elderly Loved Ones Engaged
It’s natural for senior citizens to be less mobile than the rest of us. They’re not as agile and quick-footed as they once were. But that’s no reason for them to be inactive. It’s important to keep our elderly loved ones engaged in their everyday lives. While many may prefer to simply sleep or literally sit and do nothing, it’s important to remember that keeping them active is good for both their physical and emotional well-being.
Working To Lift The Spirits Of The Seniors In Our Lives
Growing old is an interesting thing, isn’t it? We all aspire to live long lives. Whenever someone passes away at a relatively young age, we generally consider it to be a tragedy. And why wouldn’t we? Technically speaking, we all have the ability to live into our hundreds. While hitting the century mark is a rarity, it’s certainly not impossible. The bottom line, of course, is that we should all be so lucky to become senior citizens.