Reducing Blood Pressure as a Senior

Simply put, blood pressure is how hard your blood is circulating against the blood vessels in the body, mostly around your heart. Anything too high or too low can be a serious cause for concern. As your senior loved one gets older there will be an extra focus on blood pressure because when it is in a good range your senior will more than likely be healthy enough to age in place. If you think your senior mom or dad needs more help when it comes to cooking and doing activities that will help them reduce a high blood pressure or keep it in a healthy range, it may be time to consider hiring home care providers to help them. These professionals will encourage your senior loved one to be independent, active, and help them cook foods that will allow them to reduce their blood pressure.

Here are some more tips your loved one can utilize with the help of home care to reduce their high blood pressure.

Focus on Food!

It sounds like a dream to most people when you’re told to focus on food. But the truth is you are what you eat and when you are eating a ton of sodium and packaged foods you may have higher blood pressure as well as other health concerns. Unfortunately, for most seniors aging in place, they no longer like to cook fresh foods and will opt for quick frozen meals that you can microwave. If this sounds like your loved one it is definitely time to think about hiring home care to help them out when it comes to cooking. Your loved one should be eating a well-rounded diet that has tons of fresh fruits, vegetables, protein, limited salt, and no saturated fats. This can seem like a lot especially for a senior aging in place, but with the right help, they won’t even have to think about it. Home care can help keep a binder of healthy but favorite meals a senior has and can prepare those meals in advance for your senior loved one to enjoy throughout the week. Food is the number one way to focus on a healthy blood pressure.

Home Care Tower Road FL – Reducing Blood Pressure as a Senior

Keep Moving Your Body

Again, maybe this seems easy, or like it’s common sense. But for seniors aging in place they may not always think about diet and exercise. It may be something they forget, or they may be in a lot of pain, or they may think they have to run 3.5 miles and since they can no longer do that, it feels so overwhelming. The truth is when your senior loved one takes them time to move for 15 minutes, twice a day, it can help them stay mobile. Home care can help guide them through light movements, light stretches, and even remind them to move around every few hours which can make a huge impact. The more mobile and active a senior is the better their heart health and blood pressure will be. The healthier a senior is, the more likely they will be able to remain in their home, aging in place.

If you are considering Home Care Services in Tower Road FL, for an aging loved one, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts Home Care. Call today: 352-225-3727.