Mission Statement

To provide information, products and services regarding home based living in a way that preserves the wellbeing of both the care recipients and their caregivers.

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We recommend that Caregivers review the section for Care Receivers, to aid them in assisting their Receiver, and, also, for themselves, as much of the information can help them stay healthy and avoid health issues as they age themselves.

Care Receivers

Movement

Our friend Meredith, of Senior Fitness with Meredith, has about a 15 minute video that is a low impact cardio workout done in the standing position. If this is too difficult for you, Meredith also offers chair exercise videos on her YouTube page. Of course, you can always work your way up to a low impact workout if necessary by beginning a walking program or any other low impact exercise you want to try. If you have questions about whether exercises such as these are good for you, please consult your healthcare provider.

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Movement

Physical Therapist, Dr. Jo, of Ask Dr. Jo, offers some stretching exercises to relieve back pain in a 6 minute video. As she points out, these are exercises to address back aches, maybe a pulled muscle, etc. For more serious back issues, such as a disc problem, please consult an appropriate health care professional, as always.

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Wellness

Carbohydrates are featured in this article from The Nutrition Source of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. The importance of carbs in our diet and, of course, amounts, are covered, but the emphasis is on the quality of carbohydrates we consume. There are many sources of unhealthy carbs on the market and it is important to avoid them if we are going to avoid chronic disease and maintain metabolic health.

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Wellness

This article, Diabetes Spectrum, from the American Diabetes Association, is technical in nature, but provides excellent information that we might not get or see in other sources of information. It is geared toward senior citizen and has a section that lists suggested levels of a1c for seniors of different health conditions and age groups. Along with articles like the one above, we will focus more in the coming months on nutrition, as it is the most important aspect of maintaining our health.

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Aging In Place

Full Circle offers a variety of services and provide us here with a thorough list to help prepare for aging in place. As we have discussed before, this can be stressful and the better prepared we are the less stress. I hope you find this helpful now or in the future.

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Aging In Place

From “Reviewed”, section of USA Today, home maintenance experts offer advice on the best ways to maintain your home when you can no longer do many of the tasks needed on your own. Again, this is an inclusive list to use now or hang onto for future use. You never know.

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Caregivers

From Stat News, a serious, rather hard hitting article by a Doctor of Gerontology for over 40 years, titled “Who Will Care For Me”. There are statistics highlighting the reduction in the number of doctors still in gerontology and also in those entering the field. This is yet another reason we have to take care of ourselves as we age and not rely so much on the health care system. As we all know, the number of people aging in our country over the next 10-20 years will grow rapidly and we can’t always count on the system we have known our whole lives.

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Chicago Caregivers magazine interviews several caregivers and asks about their experiences, good and bad, as caregivers over the years. It is good to hear the perspective of people who have been caregiving and how it has effected their lives.

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And One More Thing

We are going to step away from the usual, lighter content in this section and publish an article from Johns Hopkins about the connection between the brain and the gut and how important it is for us to maintain a health microbiome. Again, we will be featuring more information on this wellness subject in the coming weeks.

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