Beat the Heat: Summer Safety Tips for Seniors
The longer days of summer mean more time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other wonderful seasonal outdoor activities. However, it also means an elevated risk for a variety of health concerns for older adults, who are more prone to heat-related issues such as: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) […]
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, […]
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 […]
Senior Nutrition: Making Healthy Food Choices on a Budget
We know the importance of adhering to a healthy and balanced diet; however, knowing and doing are often worlds apart. For aging parents, it is even more essential to avoid the temptations of making unhealthy food choices – and, frequently more difficult. For quite a few seniors, lifestyle choices are impacted by a variety of […]