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Physical Activity Guidelines for Seniors

Nov152019jpanayotovexercise for seniors, senior exercise ideas, senior health

Staying physically active is critical to a senior’s physical health and emotional well-being. Simply sitting for long durations throughout each day does incredible harm to the human physique—which is designed to benefit from a hefty dose of physical activity daily. In fact, the US Department of Health and Human Services presents specific recommendations, known as the Physical Activity Guidelines, that…

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Are your elderly parents getting the sleep they need?

Jul222016dueberflussCaregivers, Elder care, lack of sleep, program for seniors, senior care, senior health, Senior home care, senior monitoring, seniors, sleep

Are your elderly parents getting the sleep they need? Have you ever tried to fall asleep but just couldn’t? Or have you fallen asleep just to wake up in the middle of the night and then you can’t fall asleep until just before the alarm goes off? Are you staying awake to care for elderly parents? Sleep is such an…

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Does Your Loved One Need A Daily Money Manager?

Mar042016dueberflussdementia, Elder care, estate planning, home aides, home care, medicare, power of attorney, program for seniors, senior care, senior health, senior legal concerns, senior monitoring, seniors

By Wendy Einspar Think of the mail coming into your home, the bills that need to be paid, the calls or emails that should be made about your insurance, wills, retirement planning and more. Now imagine handling all this with impaired eyesight, decreased hearing, arthritic hands, or failing memory. Many of us wish we had someone to handle the day-to-day personal…

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Falls among older adults leading to increase in spinal injuries

Apr222015dueberflussaging, elderly care, elders, exercise, fall prevention, home care, senior care, senior health, seniors, Spinal Injury

A story by United Press International (UPI) discovered that traumatic spinal cord injuries are on the rise in the United States and the leading cause no longer is motor vehicle crashes, but falls, researchers say. The story appeared in the Journal of Neurotrauma. UPI’s source was Dr. Shalini Selvarajah, a post-doctoral surgical research fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School…

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Is High Salt in our diet Causing Bone Fractures?

Apr222015dueberflusselder diet, fall prevention, high blood pressure, senior care, senior diet, senior health

A study of senior women at the Shimane University Faculty of Medicine in Japan found that the average sodium intake among all the women studied was 5,211 milligrams a day. The women in the top 25 percent for sodium intake averaged 7,561 milligrams a day.   Now there is evidence that having a very high salt intake is linked to a…

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