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Tips on Long Distance Care
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Tips for Long Distance Senior Care
Caring for far away loved ones can be quite the challenge. If you live far away from someone that you care about and they need constant attention, then check out some of these helpful long distance senior care tips. It is always important to understand how your loved one may feel about being cared for from a distance. The most crucial thing you can do is put yourself in their shoes and take into account how they feel about the situation. Your life will be affected, but theirs will be affected even more than yours. Always keep this in mind, even when caring from someone close by. These things are not always easy to deal with and it is important to remember what matters most to you and your loved one: being there for each other and loving one another.
Basic Safety Tips for the Active Senior
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This week’s focus is staying safe while exercising. The first thing any senior citizen should do before exercising is to check with their doctor to see if he or she is healthy and fit enough to work out without getting hurt. Some people may have certain limitations that prevent them from being mobile in a safe manner. Your doctor will know for sure whether or not you can put the strain on your body that comes with even the simplest of exercises.
Exercising is considered by most professionals to be the best thing an elder can do to delay some of the side effects that come with aging. If it is done correctly and in a safe way, it can even add up to two or three years onto your lifespan. On top of improving overall general health, regular exercise can help lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, prevent diabetes, depression, anxiety, and insomnia, as well as certain cancers. Balance and strength can also improve, lowering your risk for an accidental fall.
Anxiety Problems in Seniors
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Old age is something that a lot of people dread; it is something that is inevitable and not easy to deal with. There are hundreds of nursing homes and old-age care centers that provide physical health and emotional problems and a few caregivers in Miami offer solutions that deal with anxiety and depression. Anxiety in seniors can be supported in two forms, psychotherapy that involves drug treatment or one that simply involves talk therapy.
So which of these two therapies is most effective? Effectiveness depends on the level and degree of anxiety. Some people might be too far-gone to hope that just talking about it will help; this is where the use of anti-anxiety drugs would be more beneficial. Some people might really be suffering from loneliness for which there is no better drug than having people to talk to. When considering home care agencies, look for those that engage patients in some form of activity that keep their minds occupied as much as they keep their bodies in shape and in good health.
Home care agencies that consider that the elderly need more than health care, but emotional health as well, will incorporate counseling either on a one-on-one basis or as a group activity. For elderly in home care, one needs a caregiver who understands the complexities and emotional aspects of growing old and finding themselves alone. For a caregiver, it is imperative that they establish a rapport with their elderly patients to help them deal with feelings of anxiety, loneliness and depression.
According to a study conducted by the U.S National Institute of Mental Health, 25% of elderly people whether they are receiving elderly in home care services or not will experience some sort of emotional problem that they might need to treat with drugs. Depression and anxiety are the foremost mental/ emotional issues that the elderly will have to deal with, and caregivers need to know how to deal with these issues.
