Choosing between a retirement home and assisted living is crucial for senior care. Retirement homes cater to independent, active seniors, while assisted living provides more hands-on assistance. Each option offers a unique approach to wellness and social activities...
Absence of mobility is just one of the most usual disability amongst older Americans, Census Bureau records show. Mobility is vital for independent living as well as making it through the day. Activites such as visiting a medical professional's workplace or shopping can be challenging. Whether you need to walk across a room to the bathroom or cooking area, get out of bed or a chair, or walk through a grocery store, flexibility is vital. Loss of mobility, which is very common among older adults, has profound social, emotional, as well as physical consequences. "If you're unable to get out [...]
If you think your ears are just for hearing, it might surprise you to know that they aid in balance as well. Several structures in the inner ear, together called the vestibular system, send messages to the brain that help you orient to your surroundings and aid in balance. "We know that falls impact our seniors," says Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care. Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults, according to the National Council on Aging. Here are a few tips about how [...]
"If you forgot where you put your watch, or can't remember a new friend's name, you may think you've lost your mind," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Helath Care in Melbourne FL. "Turns out, you're human. Everyone has a laundry list of ways their memory has failed them." And when it fails, people react in a variety of ways. Some seniors stop driving. A common problem with memory and driving comes with one wrong turn. It can offset orientation and memory. Memory recall experts cite the psychological adage, "If you don't encode, you can't retrieve." More specifically, memory involves [...]
"There's a huge difference between how we should workout in our 20s and how we should workout when we're much older," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. "You can't push it like before, and age brings conditions to overcome," says Cleveland. Cleveland believes that seniors require specialized equipment that is made specifically for their needs. Walk into any gym and you will likely see equipment made for younger adults. And most of today's exercise machines are designed for 18 to 35 year-olds. "Older adult needs just aren't supported," says Cleveland. To make a difference [...]
" Since 2009, Conway Lakes Health Care Center has actually partnered with various colleges, suppliers, and communities that have all offered and donated effort and time for our "Backpack Giveaway" event," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. To date, Conway Lakes has given over 2500 backpacks that equate to $42,500 in donated products to local community children that were in most need. They host the event at Conway Lakes and also at area schools and churches. Cleveland reports that their program enables intergenerational connectedness for their residents and also the kids in the community. " Because our company [...]
As an airborne sergeant for the Army during the 1980s, Jose Lopez-Rivera's obligations were to educate young recruits exactly how to securely repel out of a helicopter. Training involves a strenuous as well as multi-phase process for those that are not faint of heart. For many who stand in the open door of an in-flight helicopter, it's a mind-blowing experience. As you look down for the first time repelling to the ground, you're overcoming you own anxieties. Rivera assisted many to safely overcome the task. What was to become his last as well as final obligation, ended with disaster. After he [...]
The steps we take are the most basic form of function. One foot before the other, we walk. For many individuals, strolling without discomfort is not an option because of neurological injury, excessive weight, illness, as well as total anxiety on joints with weight bearing. But what happens if you could avoid Earth's gravitational area? A trip to the moon, which has simply 20 percent of our earth's gravity, would certainly be a therapeutic game-changer. So, a 200-pound individual would certainly be the equivalent of 40 extra pounds in space. Walking would be much more simple and easy. Naturally, we [...]
Greater than 795,000 Americans endure a stroke yearly. Although the incidence of stroke has declined substantially because the 1960s, the strokes that do take place are equally as serious. Actually, stroke is a leading root cause of long-term disability in the United States. Considering the above truth, research does give excellent information. The largest U.S. study of stroke rehabilitation to date, reveals 52 percent of the individuals considerably enhanced in strolling, everyday function, and also quality of life, no matter just how serious their problems. For the two-thirds who endure a stroke, considerable recovery helps them recuperate. A fine example [...]
"The COVID pandemic has been detrimental to our neighborhood," states Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care, "because isolation leaves numerous elders a lot more prone." " We understand the study," says Fraser. Over the last 60 years, studies have revealed that those lacking in social partnerships have greater health and wellness dangers than those associated with physical inactivity and also excessive weight. As well as various other reputable danger variables for death, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, are much less harmful than social seclusion and loneliness. " Loneliness additionally advancements dementia," claims Fraser. He includes that it degrades [...]
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