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Stay Healthy. Stay Home. Issue 87
Care Receivers Caregivers Nutrition Movement Wellness Aging In Place And One More Thing
As always, we will continue to post articles, videos, interviews, etc., that will connect our subscribers with relevant valuable information. Our bodies are a gift and we will do our best to provide information that will help all to get and stay healthy and live their lives to their fullest.
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Table of Contents
Feature Article
The University of Michigan has a National Poll on who is providing care in our country and who is receiving it. There are some interesting and valuable statistics here that give us a real insight what is actually happening in caregiving. This information is for those who have family members who currently require caregiving and also for those who anticipate a need in their family going forward. This is more information that can be archived for when the day might arrive when there is a caregiving need in the family or for a friend.
Care Receivers
Nutrition
Health Partners, a health care provider in Minnesota, has good advice on selecting the best diet for us as we age, so we can stay healthy and stay home!
Wellness
The Cleveland Clinic has advice here that we have heard before, but maybe can’t hear enough-improve our lifestyle choices for heart attack prevention.
WebMD has published an article by Terry Fulmer, President of the John A. Hartford Foundation, that discusses age friendly treatment for senior citizens because, as he puts it, the “age wave” is here, and health care must adapt to it.
Movement
A HIIT workout today for beginners by our friend Meredith, a personal trainer who specializes in training senior citizens. She will introduce you to this excellent fitness concept if you are not familiar with it.
And now Dr. Jo, a Physical Therapist specializing in working with senior citizens, has a valuable video describing how to get up off the floor safely.
Aging In Place
University of Colorado Health has very good information that will help us stay healthy and in our own homes as long as possible. What a concept!
Caregivers
Nutrition
The American Heart Association has cooking tips for caregivers who may be preparing meals from a separate diet than the person they are caring for, meals for other family members, etc, and their own dietary needs suffer. These tips can help with these issues.
Movement
The State of Illinois shares some good exercise advice that can be worked in with other sources you might have. Along with a healthy diet and sleep, exercise is so important for all of us, especially caregivers.
Wellness
Dr. Leslie Kernisan always provides us with valuable information and addresses issues that can be difficult to discuss. In this case, it is the six causes of paranoia in aging loved ones. We are grateful for her contributions to Stay Healthy Stay Home.
The Illinois Respite Coalition website has very good information for caregivers, along with some training classes. SHSH has no affiliation with this organization but I thought that some caregivers might be interested in some formal training.
The Family Caregiver Alliance offers information and some links at the bottom of the article that can assist us in getting more and better sleep. This is good information for everyone, but espeically caregivers who must deal with their own sleep issues, along with those of their care receivers, many of whom have sleep interuptions.
Both Care Receivers and Caregivers
Nutrition
WebMD lists 25 foods we should avoid as we age, as senior citizens, but also those in their 40’s and 50’s as well.
This next article from the website “health” is for people of all ages, but applies to senior citizens and their caregivers as well. It is a list of 25 healthy snacks. Snacking can be very harmful to our health if we are not careful with them.
Wellness
NBC News has an article here with advice on how to reach 70 without developing a chronic disease. According to AARP, 75% of Americans 50 and over have one chronic disease and 50% have two or more. This article is mainly, again, for those in the 40-65 range but it is never too late to adapt our diet to more healthy options.
Aging In Place
This is a 13 page pdf from Caregiver Resources that goes into detail explaining what is know as the 40-70 Rule. If a family member is around 40 years of age and a parent is around 70, it is time to start talking about options for senior care for the parent, no matter their current health status. More good information to archive.
And One More Thing
We are not out of the woods yet, but Spring is closer each day in many parts of the country. LogicMark has some good advice here on how to get out and walk and do it safely. While LogicMark sells medical alert devices, we have no affiliation with them and this is not an endorsement of their products.
Disclaimer
This website’s content is for informational purposes only. It is general in nature and is not intended to be medical advice. Before starting an activity of any kind or a new diet, consult your own healthcare provider for a proper diagnosis and to ensure this content and any featured products are safe and appropriate for your own medical and physical condition. Stop immediately if you experience discomfort or pain. Stay Healthy Stay Home makes no representations about the accuracy or suitability of this content for you.
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