Healthy Eating Tips for Seniors
NJ Home Care & Health News Eating nutritionally grows ever more important for seniors. Here are some healthy eating habits to adopt: Reduce your sodium (salt). This will help prevent water retention and high blood pressure. Look for the “low sodium” label and season meals with garlic, herbs, and spices – instead of salt. Stock […]
Elderly Osteoporosis: Breaking Badly
Osteoporosis, a disease that thins and weakens the bones to the point where they become fragile and break easily, affects 10 million Americans.
For Senior Health Not All Nutrients Are A Good Thing
New Jersey Senior Care News For senior health, it’s not a case of the more nutrients you take, the better. In fact, some nutrients need to be kept to a minimum as we age. For example:
Planning a Healthy Meal for Your Senior
Senior Health & Lifestyle What’s for dinner? Here are a few things to consider when planning a menu for a senior: Easy to chew and swallow: Our digestive processes changes with age and seniors tend to produce 30% less saliva then they did while younger. Foods that are dry can be difficult to chew and […]
Elderly Senior Diet – 5 Quick Tips
NJ Senior Health If your elderly loved one is hoping to drop a few pounds, here are some things to keep in mind: 1. Exercise Studies of the elderly indicate that current weight, rather than age, determined energy intake in men and women. The study suggests that changes in lifestyle, not age, resulted in the […]
Elderly Breathing Problems – 20 Tips to Help Your Senior Live Better
NJ Senior Health People with chronic bronchitis are at increased risk of developing infections, and those with other breathing problems (such as emphysema or COPD) are at risk of having infections further these problems. To prevent infections, encourage your senior to: Wash both hands frequently. Stay away from people who are ill. Take a daily […]
Is Your Senior Getting Enough Vitamin B12 ?
NJ Senior Health Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms, like those of many other treatable health conditions, can be virtually identical to age dementia symptoms, senile dementia symptoms and Alzheimer’s symptoms. As many as 20% of people over age 65 have low Vitamin B12 levels. Correcting the deficiency can help your elderly loved one resume a full […]