| Growing older often means a heightened awareness | | | | and maintaining a healthy well-balanced diet. A healthy |
| of our bodies and common ailments that can occur | | | | diet and regular exercise along with maintaining an |
| more frequently. Issues such as incontinence, joint and | | | | active physical and social life has also been suggested |
| muscle stiffness, or lack of balance become normal | | | | to prevent or slow down Alzheimer's. While these are |
| parts of our lives that we can minimize by pursuing a | | | | only a few ailments many seniors face today and |
| healthy, active lifestyle. Listening more closely to what | | | | some potential preventative measures for each, |
| your body is telling you, and incorporating some basic | | | | preventative health care and treatment options are |
| habits into your daily routine can greatly improve quality | | | | available for nearly all senior health concerns. |
| of life and possibly prevent some more serious health | | | | Advice for Living an Active Adult Lifestyle |
| issues in the future. | | | | Healthy adult lifestyles can often prevent health care |
| Maintaining a healthy lifestyle as a senior is very | | | | issues from occurring or help seniors to improve their |
| important and can be implemented with a few simple | | | | quality of life. Preventative senior care is vital to senior |
| changes. Proper senior care and senior health can not | | | | health and for keeping our body and minds fit as we |
| only improve your quality of living, but can also extend | | | | grow older. Certain activities may thwart off illness, and |
| the length of your life. It keeps the mind and body fit, | | | | will actually improve mental and physical functions. |
| protects against and fights off disease, and keeps | | | | Here is a list of preventative health care activities for |
| current ailments from growing worse. | | | | both the body and mind:o Maintain a healthy diet - A |
| Ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle includes staying | | | | healthy diet, rich in fiber, calcium, fruits and vegetables, |
| active. Participate in fun, rigorous activities such as | | | | is key in preventing or delaying most senior-related |
| water aerobics, brisk walking, golf or tennis. With | | | | ailments. Providing your body and mind with necessary |
| increased activity, it's important to maintain a healthy | | | | nutrients and vitamins is essential for senior health.o |
| diet as well. A complete daily vitamin is vital for | | | | Exercise - Regular, non-strenuous daily exercise keeps |
| supplementing your daily food intake. Make sure to eat | | | | your heart, bones, and other vitals working as they |
| well-balanced meals and in moderation. Taking in more | | | | should. Physical activity can prevent a variety of |
| calories per day than is burned could lead to obesity | | | | physical ailments including heart attacks, and can help |
| and other serious health ailments such as diabetes. | | | | build up bone mass (helpful in the prevention of |
| Overall, you should remain active as you grow older | | | | osteoporosis). However, it also has a large range of |
| and continue to eat foods that are full of nutritional | | | | mental benefits, and helps to improve brain function - |
| value that also contain important vitamins and minerals | | | | which is important in thwarting the progression of |
| to sustain a healthy, active body. | | | | Alzheimer's.o Leisure Activities - Leisure activities |
| Common Senior Health Ailments | | | | encompass anything that provides a relaxing |
| The natural aging process occurs both mentally and | | | | environment combining a social, physical, and mental |
| physically over the years, and it's our job to make sure | | | | aspect. This improves areas in both the body and mind |
| we are providing both our brain and our body with | | | | which has proven effective in preventing or slowing |
| regular tune ups. Medical experts believe that there is | | | | the progression of Alzheimer's as well as many other |
| a strong correlation between staying physically active | | | | senior health concerns.o Exercise Your Mind - |
| and maintaining a sound mind. When the body | | | | Exercise your mind on a daily basis by learning |
| constantly utilizes the mind to perform physical | | | | something new, playing games, participating in social |
| activities, the mind grows stronger and, as research | | | | activities, reading, and anything else that challenges |
| has shown, can slow down the progress of mental | | | | your brain and offers an opportunity to expand your |
| diseases such as Alzheimer's. | | | | knowledge. |
| Although age undeniably takes its toll on the mind and | | | | Preventative Senior Care |
| body, there are numerous ways to prevent or even | | | | Generally, your family practitioner can help you decide |
| ease the progression of certain ailments. For instance, | | | | where to go for certain diagnostic tests, or will perform |
| osteoporosis can be prevented early by getting daily | | | | the tests themselves. These tests may include |
| recommended amounts of calcium and Vitamin D. | | | | anything from a bone density analysis to hearing tests |
| Frequently participating in weight-bearing activities or | | | | to sleep studies. If you're concerned about symptoms, |
| exercise also helps to lessen the chances of | | | | see your doctor for advice on the correct path to |
| developing osteoporosis. Diabetes can be prevented | | | | take. |
| or delayed by increasing your level of physical activity | | | | |