CBS NEWS FEATURE | Heart Healthy Lifestyle
February is a month that’s all about matters of the heart. Risk factors for developing heart disease that we can control include things like smoking, lack of regular physical activity, obesity and overweight. By making healthy lifestyle changes, we can reduce our risk for developing heart disease and take control of our health. For example, changing our daily routines and adding diet and exercise into our lives, we can decrease our risk of developing heart disease significantly. With Right at Home Orlando’s caregiving services, we can help you concentrate on a heart healthy lifestyle while remaining right at home where you belong!
Tips for Seniors to be Heart Healthy
Let us show you why our caregivers are the best choice for keeping you at home to enjoy life and look forward to each day! These tips and ideas are one way we can help you embrace a heart healthy lifestyle one small step at a time.
Know Your Numbers – Take the time to know AND understand “your numbers” that relate to your heart health. This includes your blood pressure, your cholesterol numbers, your LDL & HDL plus your triglycerides, your weight, & your heart rate.
Get Your Move On – With the assistance of a qualified caregiver, you can safely move a little more each day. Even if you have limited mobility, you might be surprised how we could have you wiggling in your chair to the beat of your favorite tune!
Socialization – Being active with someone who makes you smile (such as one of our personally chosen caregivers) will help change the way look forward to the day. Depression is known to affect your heart health and our caregivers being there for you can help you battle depression.
Extra Tips – These extra tips and facts from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) offers free downloads, tips, and information about a heart healthy lifestyle.
At Right at Home our supportive caregivers can help seniors with heart disease understand the lifestyle changes that are necessary and make adjustments easier. Also, we can provide respite for family caregivers who may be caring for a loved one with heart disease. We can do this by offering services such as medication reminders, transportation to and from appointments, light housekeeping and meal preparation.
Right at Home offers caregivers that not only are specially trained in a variety of skills but who love what they do. We take pride in matching our clients with caregivers that we think would be a good match.