Five Strategies to Protect Your Senior’s Heart
Elder Care in Berwyn
Heart disease is a big problem for aging family members. If your elderly family member has any risk factors for heart disease, it’s more important than ever that she does everything she can to keep her heart as healthy as it can be. These ideas can help her do exactly that.
Cut Out Smoking and Alcohol
If your elderly family member drinks a few alcoholic drinks a week, or if she smokes, she may want to reconsider those habits. She’s an adult, of course, and can make her own choices about what she does. But if she wants her heart to stay as healthy as possible, she can make that job easier by kicking habits that directly harm heart health.
Find a Healthy Diet She’s Willing to Eat
What your senior eats is so important for heart health, but that doesn’t mean that she’s excited about changing her diet. Many heart health diets are restrictive, or at least feel restrictive to the people who try to adopt them. Finding a compromise and embracing whole-food eating might be the way to get her to cooperate. Elder care providers can make that task even easier by cooking for your senior.
Add Exercise if Her Doctor Supports the Move
Does your elderly family member exercise at all? If she doesn’t, that can be harmful for her heart. Talk to your senior’s doctor about exercise, and make sure she is cleared to do so. Then, work with her to find some movement activities that she loves, so that she’ll continue to do them. This is another area where home care professionals can help a lot. They can keep your senior company during workouts and remind her when it’s time to exercise again.
Encourage Her to Get Plenty of Rest
Sleep is important for heart health, but rest is too. Your elderly family member may find that many areas of her life feel more complicated. That might mean that having some help from elder care providers to keep up with household tasks gives her a chance to get the rest she needs. Overnight care can also help your elderly family member feel more secure while she’s sleeping, since there’s someone there with her.
Follow the Rest of Her Doctor’s Care Plan
Every person’s heart needs are different, and that is definitely the case for your senior. That means that whatever plan her doctor outlines for her regarding heart health needs to be followed. Your senior will find that it’s a lot easier to avoid heart disease and other complications if she and her doctor are working together.
Keeping your elderly family member’s heart as healthy as possible is a big part of protecting her overall health. If your senior has to make some changes to what she’s been doing, make those changes slowly and be patient. It can take longer than you think to adopt new habits.
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring Elder Care in Berwyn, PA, and the surrounding area, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care. (484) 206-4544
Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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