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Stay Healthy. Stay Home. Issue 82
Care Receivers Caregivers Nutrition Movement Wellness Aging In Place And One More Thing
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Table of Contents
Care Receivers
Aging In Place
Beckers Health IT has an interview here with the Chief Medical Operations officer of the Cleveland Clinic who explains how “Hospital at Home” is a growing area for them, even in acute care. This is an area of health care that appears to be expanding and will be a factor for many of us. Hopefully this interview is helpful in understanding the place of hospital at home in our health care futures so we know what to anticipate.
Movement
Senior Fitness with Meredith. Today Meredith has a 27 minute low impact cardio workout for us that is 27 minutes and intended for those in the intermediate category. If you are not sure which category you might be appropriate for you, follow along and see if this is a fit for you. As always, please consult a healthcare professional before you begin a new fitness program.
Movement
Ask Dr. Jo is here to day with a 6.5 minute video on how to relieve back pain. We touch on this subject often, as everyday back soreness, etc., is something many of us deal with. Of course if you have disc issues or other more serious back issues, consult a specialist.This video is somewhat dated but has had 14 million views so it should provide some valuable information for us.
Aging In Place
Habitat for Humanity has information here describing two models they use when helping someone adapt their home that are excellent resources for aging in place. They have many years experience in this field and provide some excellent advice here. This is not promoting Habitat, just sharing some good information.
Aging In Place
Wesley Life of Johnston, IA, has ten tips for seniors to achieve wellness at home. Again, some of these we already know, but it appears if one followed all ten of these tips regularly, it could help guide us to a life of wellness. As we are all learning, much of our quality of life is going to be up to us as individuals going forward.
Nutrition
The Northwestern Medicine blog Health Beat lists foods to eat to help with and to avoid high blood pressure. As the first sentence of the first paragraph states, nearly half the people in the U.S. have high blood pressure and many others have it and don’t realize it.The article itemizes all the key food groups we need to adopt in our diets and, also, has advice on how we can develop a heart healthy diet.
Wellness
“What aging health problem is extremely common, has serious implications for an older person’s health and wellbeing, and can often – but not always – be prevented?” This is the opening question Dr. Kernisan presents us with. As she explains, delirium is a sign of stress on the mind and body as we age. As Dr. K always does, she provides thorough, understable information about another important issue for us.
Caregivers
takecare.community is an interesting organization sponsored partially by the National Alliance for Caregiving. This is an organization in its’ early stages exploring ways to assist and help caregivers in this important, often difficult and stressful commitment. There are others opening up around the country and we will post informatio about them. It seems the importance of the role of the caregiver in the system is being realized by more people all the time.
Wellness
The American Cleaning Institute. This is valuable information for caregivers that is intended for those caring for loved ones and friends with some form of dementia, but is also valuable for when you might have grandchildren visiting. Safety tips here that make common sense.
Movement
The American Cancer Society provides us with an excellent 6 minute video on physical activity and exercise created especially for caregivers. We will be featuring more information including movement, nutrition, etc. that is directed to caregivers going forward.
Aging In Place
The Administration for Community Living has developed another program to assist caregivers, RAISE, an acronym for Recognize Assist Include Support Engage. This is part of their effort to enact government legislation that helps caregivers. As mentioned above, there are many organizations coming on line to help with this crucial segment of our country.
Nutrition
Mom’s Meals has some more common sense advice for us here for caregivers to help them make sure they are taking care of themselves and getting proper nurition. This is not a promotion for Mom’s Meals, but, again, just passing on information. Not sure I’d trust these guys cooking skills if I was these ladies.
Wellness
Elder Source chat group. Elder Source has numerous services, with one them being chat groups for caregivers. The groupings are limited to 10-12 members each and meet for 60-90 minutes. The meetings are moderated by a skilled facilitator who will monitor the meeting and help guide the converstations. Please see other services Elder Source offers while you are on their site.
Wellness
Holistic wellness for family caregivers. The Community Care Clinic provides some information to track physical, emotional, social, spiritual and financial wellness for family caregivers. Some of this is pretty basic, but it can ge a guide to a thorough, holistic approach to self care as a family caregiver.
Care Receivers and Caregivers
Aging in Place
When the retirement community goes bankrupt. From the New York Times, an article that describes what happens to residents when their retirement home goes bankrupt. As the article states, it doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it can be devistating for the residents, as those in the article found out. Something for all of us to keep in mind, no matter what stage we are at. Maybe another reason to try to stay in our homes as long as possible.
Nutrition
Eat Well Chicago, an organization of dieticians and nutritionists, has a blog post with ideas for pre and post workout diet. While many of us are not exercising at the level of some that are younger than us, it still is helpful to give our bodies the nutrients they need to have a healthy, successful exercise session and to recover properly.
Wellness
From Med Page Today, the advantages and disadvantages of traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage. There are many opinions about this. I am just putting this out and we can all decide for ourselves which is the best option when we arrive at the age to enroll or to consider another option if we are already enrolled in one or the other.
Aging In Place
The website familydoctor.org has some good suggestions for current caregivers and those who anticipate they may be called upon to serve a family member or friend in that role. Another source for all to stay healthy.
Another either/or for us. This time cardio vs strength training. This video from the Health Essentials Podcast of the Cleveland Clinic, lists the benefits of each method of exercise. Determine which you feel is best for you based on your current physical condition, which you prefer, and maybe consult with your health care professional and see what they suggest. I have seen a phycical therapist in recent years for a couple different conditions and I have found my PT to be a great source for fitness advice. I’m not sure who this lady consulted with but I would not want to question her.
Aging In Place
Caring Info provides excellent information for caregivers and their loved ones when it is time to address serious levels of health issues and also end of life information. This is very thourogh and another source that would be good to archive. Situations can become overwhelming and this site has all the information we need to be prepared.
Nutrition
From Eating Well, a 7 day diet created by a dietician to keep us healthy as we age. I eat a number of the food groups suggested here but not all. Like some other diets we have posted here, this one is probbley somewhat different than what we are used to. Perhaps the way to try it is to ease into it and adapting to it over time.
And One More Thing
A brief book review today of “Who Cares” by Emily Kenway. Along with this book, she has published several other books, so she is an established author, and I think her writing skills helped make this book espeically moving.
Ms. Kenway cared for her mother, who suffered from cancer for three years before passing away. As her mothers’ condition worsended over time, the stress of being a caregiver began to wear on Ms. Kenway. She does not describe this in a way that sounds like she is complaining. She just narrates her daily life of caring for her mother, writing and working at a local not for profit part time.
I picked up this book at the library and it is available on Amazon. It can be difficult to look at these situations, especially if we are anticipating being a caregiver in the near future, but it can also help prepare us so we can develop a plan so we can stay healthy ourselves and be able to care for our loved ones as well.
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