Balance issues can be one of the scariest things that a senior can face. On the surface, a loss of balance might not seem like as major of an issue as something like a heart attack or cancer, Alzheimer’s disease or diabetes. But the … [Read more...]
Arm Exercises to Help Improve Health
We all know that exercise is beneficial to us, right? Exercise helps improve health and has even been shown to help reduce the likelihood that someone will suffer from dementia later on in life. Exercise has also been shown to keep our … [Read more...]
Managing Risk in the Senior Population
Senior citizens are at a slightly higher risk of suffering a fall or another accident in the household than younger individuals. The risk that these people stand to suffer from if they do experience a fall is much higher than younger, … [Read more...]
Dizziness and Fall Prevention
Dizziness is one of the leading causes of falls amongst seniors, but because it can have so many different causes, it is also one of the most difficult causes to address. Because dizziness can create a fall even when there are no obstacles … [Read more...]
Assessing the Risk of Falls
Knowing that an elderly loved one can fall and suffer a permanent injury as a result of that fall is a disturbing thought. It also creates a lot of responsibility on your end. You want to do everything that you can to prevent something like … [Read more...]
Easy Steps to Preventing Falls
Falls are a serious, yet often overlooked part of a strong senior care plan. Statistics say that about one in three people over the age of 65 will fall each year. Other sources indicate that over 80 percent of people that die in fall … [Read more...]
How In-Home Care Can Help with Falls
According to the NIH Senior Health website, over one in three senior citizens falls each year. That’s more than 33 percent of everyone age 65 and over, and many of these people will fall more than once per year. And as people get older, … [Read more...]
Bone Health in Elderly Men
For the longest time, it was believed that women had weaker bones and were more susceptible to injuries because of this. However, there is new data out there that indicates that one third of all hip fractures occur in men, and that there is … [Read more...]
