April 6, 2020
Senior Health and Wellbeing
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Exercises for Seniors: The Importance Of Fun, Low-Impact Exercise
As we age, our bodies slow down. Exercise can become more difficult with each passing year. Ironically, the more we age, and the more challenging exercise becomes, the more we need to get our bodies moving to starve off disease and other health risks. A low-impact exercise routine can benefit your health by stretching and strengthening your muscles, reducing stress, preventing injury, and even helps to lower your blood pressure.
Sleep Problems In Toronto’s Elderly: Causes and Management Tips
Have you noticed your senior loved one getting up earlier in the morning or having trouble going to sleep? Are they getting fewer number of hours of sleep than they used to? Is this normal? Or is there something else going on? 44% of older persons, including Canada's seniors, experience one or more of the nighttime symptoms of insomnia at least a few nights per week.
Grief In The Elderly: Helping Seniors Cope With The Loss of a Spouse
Seniors and grieving: In Canada 45% of all senior women aged 65 and over are widows. Losing a spouse is ranked number one on the stress index scale among seniors. Bereavement can have a devastating impact on the immune systems of seniors, and may explain why many older spouses soon die after the loss of their loved ones.
Osteoporosis Treatments: How To Protect Your Senior Loved One
Osteoporosis is a common disease in which bones become brittle, leading to a higher risk of breaks than in normal bone. Osteoporosis occurs when bones lose minerals, such as calcium, more quickly than the body can replace them, causing a loss of bone thickness (bone density or mass). According to Osteoporosis Canada, over 80% of all fractures in Canada's seniors and people 50+ are caused by osteoporosis.
Hearing Loss In Seniors: 5 Prevention Tips For Toronto Seniors
There are many reasons for hearing loss. Many seniors and their loved ones expect some hearing loss is inevitable. While it’s true that gradual hearing loss is not uncommon in seniors, especially after age 65, there are actions we can take while we’re younger to ward off its severity.
Senior Safety: When Should Toronto Seniors Stop Driving?
Seniors are usually reluctant to give up driving. Taking the car keys removes their own ability to drive to the store, church, senior center, or library ─ or to simply meet up with friends for coffee. The experience can be quite traumatic. Remember: Age is just a number. A senior's age is not reason enough for taking away the car keys.
Fall Prevention In Toronto’s Elderly And Seniors: Does Step Training Help?
Senior step-training reduces falls in Toronto's seniors. According to the Ontario addition of The Globe and Mail Metro, a recent analysis of seven studies totaling 660 older adults found that improving stepping skills in seniors, which addressed improving gait and balance, cut the rate of initial falls in half.
Pneumonia and Toronto’s Elderly: At-Home Recovery Tips
While there are very clear guidelines many hospitals are using to help Toronto's senior pneumonia patients successfully recover at home, often these seniors are unable to follow through on the medical professionals’ instructions without assistance. In-home care can provide the additional support Toronto's recovering seniors need.
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