Helping Seniors Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes with Home Care

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle means different things for people at different stages of life. For seniors, adopting healthy lifestyle habits might feel out of reach. Home care providers can make a lot of these changes feel much more possible for seniors, ensuring that they have help along the way.

Improving Physical Activity

Exercise is great for maintaining mobility, rebuilding strength, and preserving balance. But many seniors find it difficult to incorporate exercise into their daily routines or they don’t enjoy exercise. Working with home care providers to build fun options for exercising regularly offers a ton of health benefits.

Eating Healthier

If seniors are focusing on convenience only when it comes to meals, they may not be eating as healthfully as they could be eating. Home care providers can help take some of the heavy lifting of that process so that seniors can eat a more balanced diet. Doing so can help aging adults boost their energy levels and avoid complications from health issues.

Boosting Mental and Emotional Wellness

Mental health has a big impact on physical well-being, and home care can help seniors with that, too. Very often seniors find that aging makes it more difficult for them to keep up with socializing or finding ways to preserve their emotional well-being. Home care providers are excellent companions, and they can help seniors stay connected with the people they want to see more often.

Trying Healthier Routines

Schedules can feel stifling, but routines are a bit gentler. Seniors who find a healthy rhythm with their daily routines experience a little less anxiety and stress in general. They start to feel comfortable knowing when meals are going to occur and when it’s time to start winding down for bed, for instance. These routines can be soothing because they ensure nothing gets left out.

Managing Chronic Conditions

Seniors who are battling chronic health conditions often need a little extra help managing those conditions easily. Staying on top of what helps them stay healthier limits the risk of complications, which is a huge part of helping seniors experience a better quality of life overall. Following their healthcare provider’s recommendations gives them a good plan to follow.

Providing Support with Autonomy

What seniors might want most of all is autonomy, even when they need some extra support regularly. Home care providers can help them strike the balance seniors are looking for when it comes to staying independent. Making new lifestyle changes can make seniors feel a little bit out of their comfort zones, so having help with those changes lets them make their own choices but not have to do it alone.

Home care services don’t force seniors to make changes, even when they might be the ones they need to make. Professional caregivers are there to offer assistance and make life easier for seniors. Living a healthier lifestyle is just a happy side effect that seniors can experience from having that kind of support when they need it the most.

If you or an aging loved one are considering Home Care Services in the Prairie Village KS area, please contact the caring staff at Elder Care of Kansas City, today.

Proudly serving Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in Missouri as well as Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas for over 30 years. Call us at 816-333-3322.

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Kevin Edwards

Owner at Elder Care of Kansas City

Kevin’s life and the lives of his immediate family have been impacted by caregivers – either as a patient or a caregiver - for as long as he can remember.He watched his mother take care of his grandmother until her death at the age of 97.Five years later, his father passed from a neurological disorder that was subsequently confirmed as Lewy Body Dementia.In 2007, his wife, Lori, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.The symptoms of Lori’s disease required Kevin to hire a caregiver during the periods of her relapses.

Prior to purchasing Elder Care, Kevin spent over 20 years in the health insurance industry.In his most recent position, he was in a financial operations role with Humana where he worked with doctors, nurses and other health professionals developing programs to keep Humana members healthy.Their focus on primary care and medication adherence improved the lives of thousands of seniors in Kansas City and the surrounding area.

Kevin and his wife, Lori, have three children.Kevin has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Missouri.

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