CKD Symptoms and Tips to Help Older Adults Avoid Kidney Failure
They are only about the size of your fist, however, they’re imperative to your body’s performance. Kidneys serve as filters to get rid of waste from the body, but they also control our blood pressure and help with the production of red blood cells. For those with chronic kidney disease (CKD), successful management is crucial […]
Older Adult Health Issues Can Lead to an Increased Risk for Adverse Drug Effects
Anyone who’s taken prescription medicine is aware that it usually includes an extensive listing of potential negative effects to watch for. Although prescriptions are, obviously, designed to help us, the harm which can be a consequence of these adverse reactions can be worse than the benefit we receive. For the elderly, almost all of whom […]
Aging in Place: Home Modification Tips to Keep Seniors Safe
With the great majority of seniors deciding to continue to live at home during aging, it’s crucial to carry out an extensive home assessment to search for and correct any hazards and ensure the seniors you love remain secure and safe. The easiest way to make this happen is to begin outside the home and […]
Hearing Problems in Seniors: Signs, Causes, and How to Cope
Isolated. Misunderstood. Excluded. These are just some of the many emotions which are prevalent in those with hearing loss, who find it hard to continue to maintain social connections with friends and family members, who struggle to communicate with them. Hearing problems in seniors is rather common, for a number of reasons: genetics, a lifetime […]
Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Elderly Are a Growing Concern
When you think about a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your first thought may be a sports-related accident, such as a football player crashing head-first into a rival, or perhaps a head-on collision in an auto accident – something less likely to affect seniors. Even so, the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in the elderly is […]
Risk Factors, Treatment Options and Tips for Osteoarthritis Management
Impacting 30 million of us within the United States alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results from the wearing away of cartilage, leading to friction in the joints as unprotected bones rub against each other. While it can happen in just about any joint, it is most prevalent in the hands, hips, […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Hobbies for Senior Men
For quite a few older men, who’ve spent a lifetime on engaged in career, family, hobbies and interests, the thought of settling in for a few hours of crafting is, to say the least, objectionable. The secret to identifying appealing hobbies for senior men is in first making the effort to dig back in the […]
How to Combat Extreme Fatigue Symptoms in Seniors
Feelings of exhaustion may seem to be an everyday event for some of us. The alarm goes off too early, the demands of everyday life are draining, and by the conclusion of the day, as soon as we can eventually sink into bed, it can be hard to shut down our minds to obtain a […]
The Importance of Socialization: Lonely Seniors Are at Risk for Mental and Physical Health Issues
Lonely seniors are a growing and very serious epidemic in the United States. As many as a third of all elderly persons live alone, and for various reasons (limited mobility, chronic health conditions, and loss of friends and family, just to identify a few) socialization turns out to be extremely difficult to maintain. The reality […]
Recommended Protein Intake for Seniors Leads to Stronger Muscles and Bones
Pass the cheese, please! Current studies are showing the significance of a protein-rich diet for cherished older adults, notably during occasions of anxiety, particularly when battling a chronic disease or acute illness, or getting ready for a surgical treatment or hospitalization, when protein is digested much less effectively. And even when older adults are healthy, […]