Summer Heat and the Elderly: Tips to Ensure Safety
The longer days of summer mean more time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other delightful seasonal activities. However, it also means an enhanced risk for a number of health concerns for seniors, who are more prone to heat-related complications, for example: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) Heat exhaustion […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Engaging Activities for Men
For many older men, who’ve spent a lifetime on a meaningful career, family, hobbies and interests, the very thought of settling in for a few hours of crafting is, to say the least, unappealing. The key to discovering interesting activities for men is in first finding the time to dig back into the history of […]
Back to School: Classes for Older Adults
Walk into practically any store at this time of the year and you will be bombarded with displays of sale-priced school bags, pencils, notebooks, and lunchboxes – and aisles full of parents rushing to check off all of the items from the kids’ back-to-school supply lists. Even though we might associate the brand new school […]
Help Seniors Remain Active With Low Impact Workouts in the Swimming Pool
There is practically nothing better than a relaxing dip in the swimming pool to combat the summer heat, and the buoyancy of the water provides the added benefit of the perfect low impact workouts for seniors to help them remain active while relieving stress to the joints. Be sure to seek the advice of a […]
Spring Has Sprung! How Seniors Benefit from Being Outdoors
Spring has sprung and there is almost nothing better after the extended, cold winter than finally being able to open up the windows and let the fresh, warm, springtime breezes drift throughout the house. Something in the sights, aromas, and sounds of nature provides us an effective pick-me-up, and that’s why it’s so important for […]
Compassionate Nursing Services’ Top Activities to Help Those with Dementia
If a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another kind of progressive dementia, everyday life can feel as though it’s a riddle to be figured out. Given that there are various stages of the disease, it’s common to find a variety of activities that are relaxing and meaningful for the senior in one […]
Brighten Summer with These Activities for Seniors
Although of course children certainly eagerly anticipate summer break and all of the fun it entails, summer doesn’t need to lose its excitement as we age! At Compassionate Nursing Services, providers of the high quality home health care services St. Louis, MO seniors need, we love helping older adults enjoy life to the fullest, and […]
Top St. Louis Home Care Agency Offers Tips to Enhance Senior Socialization
If you have ever watched young children at a playground, you’re aware of how readily they gravitate towards other little ones, and how second-nature it is for them to come to be fast friends. Unfortunately, as we mature, we tend to begin to be more reserved and self-conscious, and it becomes harder to make and […]
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s? Enhance Activity with These Tips
Each stage of Alzheimer’s disease brings with it unique challenges, and the strategies to overcome those challenges and help seniors live the fullest life possible need to be adapted accordingly. In the later stage of Alzheimer’s, it’s common for the person’s level of activity and engagement to decrease; yet, it’s still vitally important for caregivers […]