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When it comes to home care, ensuring your loved one’s safety and quality of life is essential. A fall in the home can have serious health consequences. Each year, one in three adults 65 and older suffer a significant fall. To reduce the likelihood of falls in the home, it’s important to understand the most common causes. If you are aware of the risk factors, it is much easier to take preventative measures to help protect your loved one.

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A balanced diet plays a crucial role in health and wellness for everyone, but it’s especially essential for older adults. As we age, we’re more at risk for having nutritional deficiencies for many reasons, including:

• Loss of taste sensations that result in not eating enough or eating too much of one type of food, like sweets or fast food
• Medical conditions that can affect the way we eat
• Physical impairments that can make shopping and cooking more difficult

Benefits of Yoga for Seniors 

How is yoga good for older people? As we age, we face challenges in both body and mind. It gets harder to maintain a healthy weight, we’re at higher risk for illness, and older people experience higher rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues than young people. Yoga strengthens muscles and improves balance, stability, and flexibility, making exercise easier and falls less likely. It helps keep joints healthy, improves respiration, and can even reduce high blood pressure. Seniors who practice yoga learn to practice mindfulness, and they experience less anxiety. Simple yoga stretches are attainable, can be done from the comfort of home, and can be modified to accommodate disability. Here, we offer a few gentle stretches to get you started in yoga.

Summer is here, and the temperatures are climbing. It also means the risk of dehydration rises for older adults.