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.

If you have difficulty reading the newsletter in the scheme below, please click on “Read Online” in the upper right hand corner for black print on a white background.

Announcement

In issue 67, we added a sub-category, Nutrition. As we have stated in Read All About This Site on our home page, prevention of chronic illness is one of our primary purposes in publishing the newsletter. We will provide information from a variety of sources to help us adapt our diets as we age.

Beginning with the October 3rd issue, we will begin publishing the newsletter every other Thursday. We will increase the amount of information we publish to 4-5 articles, interviews, videos, etc. in each sub-category. As you are aware, there are many areas to be covered so we can stay in our homes as long as possible, and we can publish more valuable information, more efficiently going to the two week window.

We will also introduce a store at that time, Investing In Your Health, that will feature fitness and wellness products and services that will be of value to our subscribers. There will be a membership/rebate program for SHSH subscribers as well and we will provide more information about that as we get closer to October 3.

Care Receivers

Nutrition

Inflammation. Northwestern Medicine outlines for us the two types of inflammation, acute and chronic. Acute inflammation helps our body fight germs and disease and to recover from wounds. Chronic inflammation can result in serious disease, many of which are highlighted in the chart below. The good news is chronic inflammation can be brought under control with a healthy diet and, if necessary, medication. This article lists the foods we should, and should not be eating to help deal with inflammation.

Read Article Here

Nutrition

The Mind Diet. The Mind Diet is a combination of two diets, the Mediterranean diet and the Dash diet, that was formulated here at Rush University Medical Center by Dr. Martha Clare Morris. Dr. Morris created the diet to help those with early onset of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. It was designed to slow the onset or the development of these diseases for those already diagnosed with them. As I have mentioned before, I was diagnosed in April of this year with early onset of dementia and have, over time, adhered to the Mind diet. Along with some excellent choices and recipes, I believe it is helping me with this condition. I would highly recommend following the direction this article offers, either for ourselves or family members, whether we currently have symptoms or not.

Read Article Here

Movement

From Senior Fitness with Meredith, a 15 minute low impact cardio workout for beginners. This is an excellent workout for those of us who have not been active for one reason or another and want to get on track with a basic fitness plan. Meredith offers the option to complete the workout seated on a chair if you are more comfortable doing that. As she shows in her disclaimer and she and I always repeat, do what you can with this workout and, if you feel you need to, discuss exercise like this with your medical professional.

See Video Here

Movement

Knee Pain, Dr, Jo guides us through a short 3.5 minute video with some exercises to help alleviate knee pain that many of us deal with as we age. Many of the aches and pains in our joints don’t require physical therapy or surgery, just some regular stretching and exercises like these to get us going each day.

See Video Here

Wellness

Type 2 Diabetes. Is type 2 diabetes reversible? This question is answered here. It can’t be reversed, but can be managed. This management does not ever stop. If we resort to poor habits and not monitoring our glucose levels closely, we can slip back into it. Like many of the chronic diseases we discuss, type 2 diabetes does not have be a debilitating disease, but it requires discipline and effort to bring it under control. This article will tell us what we need to do to accomplish that.

Read Article Here

Wellness

This article from the Foot Collective gives us five ways to strengthen our feet and return them to normal foot function. With years of wearing shoes that are too tight, many people have a variety of foot ailments. These five easy to follow exercises can bring our feet back to their initial level of health from when we were growing up. The health and strength of our feet and ankles are the baseline for all movement and doing these exercises allows us to remain as independent as long as possible.

Read Article Here

Aging In Place

From Forbes Health, statistics and more information regarding aging in place, including trends and much more. Some interesting things here as we may be contemplating aging in place ourselves or are going to be helping a family member or friend plan for the same. Again, good information to archive.

Read Article Here

Aging In Place

Implications for aging in place in 2024 from Steve Hoffacker. Steve is a certified Aging in Place specialist and shares some thoughts here about trends in AIP. Other articles from his blog are available in the right hand column. Steve is in Florida, but please let me know if you would like me to introduce you to a certified AIP specialist here in the Chicago metro area.

Caregivers

Caregivers 1

From The Administration for Community Living (acl.gov) is an archive of articles on national family caregiver support programs. We will provide more information as this program and others develop, but I wanted to publish something now to give an idea of what is available. There are several initiatives being promoted as caregiving for family members becomes a bigger issue all the time.

Read Article Here

Caregivers 2

Family Caregivers Online has a list of 10 things that they feel caregivers need most. Please try to offer help with these suggestions to any caregivers you know. If you are a caregiver yourself, reach out to other family members and friends and let them know you have some of these needs and you need their support to continue the valuable work you do. A caregivers health is as important as the health of their care receivers.

Read Article Here

And One More Thing

Pickleball! From the University of South Carolina Medical Center, an article highlighting the benefits of pickleball, especially for senior citizens. We have published a couple articles in the past that covered injuries for senior citizens playing this game. This one is much more positive. Of course, take care of yourself and prepare properly when you play, but enjoy this fun form of exercise.

Read Article Here

As usual, SHSH does not earn income from any ads that might appear with articles and videos.