If your senior can’t move well, it’s time for them to see a doctor. One of the worst things anyone can do is stop moving. If your senior needs help to work around an injury or after a hospital stay, you may want to consider getting them into physical therapy to learn workouts. The right physical therapy clinic will teach your elderly loved one a workout they can do daily for the right results and home health care can help accomplish this. Here are a few reasons why seniors should be working out:
Exercise Can Help a Senior Prevent Certain Diseases
Exercise boosts general immune function, which is especially crucial for seniors whose immune systems are occasionally impaired. Walking, for example, may enhance digestive function, decrease blood pressure, and minimize the risk of chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease. If your senior is worried about any of these diseases, you should encourage them to move around daily. This doesn’t mean they need to work out an hour at a time, but it means they should move ten or twenty minutes at a time. Maybe in the morning, they can go for a walk, and in the evening, they can go to a physical therapist to learn light weights. Whatever routine a senior has, they should continue.
Workouts Help Maintain a Healthy Weight
Our metabolism naturally slows down as we age, making it difficult to maintain a healthy weight. Regular exercise increases metabolism and muscle mass, allowing your body to burn more calories. However, this is also a good way to maintain muscle mass which can help your senior mom or dad in the future. Strength is the best way to keep your seniors feeling independent. Less fat and more muscle means your seniors can do more independently.
Will Lessen Their Risk of Falling
Exercise increases your strength, balance, flexibility, and mobility, lowering your chance of falling. Strength training may also assist with the symptoms of diseases like arthritis and persistent joint pain. This is something else that will keep a senior safer while living at home. Many physical therapists will help a senior with exercises that focus on strength and balance because it’s what will keep them aging in place for longer and remaining independent with the help of home health care. The better a senior can move, the less likely they are to fall at home, which makes it a safe place.
Helps with Cognitive Function
When you start a program, studies suggest that regular physical exercise may reduce the risk of cognitive decline and memory loss. Furthermore, exercise may help reduce brain illnesses, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Exercise Helps Seniors Sleep Better
Quality sleep is critical for your overall health, particularly as you age. Regular physical exercise may help you fall asleep quicker, sleep better, and wake up feeling more refreshed. When a senior stops moving it can make them feel restless or like they’re not sleepy because they are not burning off any extra energy.
Exercise Improves Mental Health
Exercise regularly may increase endorphins and lessen stress, anxiety, and sadness symptoms. Physical exercise may also boost confidence, resulting in higher self-esteem and increased social contact.
If you or an aging loved one are considering home health care in Flower Mound, TX, please contact the caring staff at Arcy Healthcare today. Call (469) 293-1515
Providing In-Home Healthcare Services in Dallas, Plano, Lewisville, Gainesville, Frisco, Flower Mound, Denton, Dallas, Coppell, Carrollton, McKinney and surrounding areas.
My name is Jimmie Stapleton. I am the founder and CEO of Arcy Healthcare. Arcy Healthcare includes Arcy Hospice, Arcy Supportive Care, MaximaCare Home Health and Arcy at Home.
Arcy Hospice was opened in 2007 to provide care and support for individuals and families facing a life limiting illness. It was established after my wife Ellen, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, had completed her chemo and radiation therapies. At that time, things were looking positive, and we wanted to do something for our community that had been so supportive of our family during her treatments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few years later, and she subsequently passed away under our care in 2010.
In the years that followed, I began to see the need to provide the same level of excellent care to patients across the continuum of care. Therefore, we have added a home health division (MaximaCare Home Health), a palliative care division (Arcy Supportive Care), and a home care division, (Arcy at Home). With the addition of these divisions, we can meet most of the post-acute care needs for you and your family in your home.
I started Arcy Hospice with my wife as my motivation to provide exceptional care and support in the patient’s home, where they are surrounded by family and where they feel most comfortable. I’m proud to say that our staff provides some of the best in home care in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Please let us know if we can enrich the quality of life for you or a loved one.
Sincerely,
Jimmie Stapleton – Founder and CEO
Arcy Healthcare
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