Friday, July 24, 2009

Senior Care

Home Care for Seniors offer comprehensive and compassionate elder home care, while sustaining independence and quality of life. With our rigorous selection process, employee insurance and extensive background screening you can count on our services. Whenever, your loved one’s are in need, call on us to hire a caregiver with right skills experience and personality.

We offer customized elder care plans that address your particular needs. Our in-home health care services are available to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our services are designed to create a lasting bond between caregiver and your loved one’s. We provide respite care for family caregivers and lend a helping hand in times of need. Call us now for your free in-home assessment by our staff RN right now.

Proudly serving the following cities of Texas - Dallas, Plano, Richardson, Allen, McKinney, Frisco, Southlake, Colleyville, Grapevine, Addison, Coppell, Carrollton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Denton.

In addition, our services are available to facilities like assisted living or group home, independent senior living community and skilled nursing facility.

Senior Fitness

Staying fit and mobile plays a large role in senior health. It’s not always easy to maintain fitness levels as we age. Naturally, our bodies change, but we don’t want them becoming immobile! Here are some tips to make your senior years more enjoyable and fit.

As much as possible, continue doing your daily living tasks. Taking a bath, even if it’s just a sponge bath, gives your arms a mini-workout. You’re bending and keeping flexible, which is vital for proper joint health.

Cooking involves peeling vegetables, some walking, bending to reach pots and pans. Don’t fret that you may not be able to do all grocery shopping by yourself. As long as you can continue cooking at home, this allows more chance for movement.

So, we’re continuing our daily tasks, and now it’s time to consider some specific exercise.

Golfing provides fun, a chance for walking, bending, and maintaining flexibility. Even miniature golf allows for some of these tasks, so join the grandkids if you can.

Perhaps getting out to a golf course isn’t possible for you right now. Buy one of those mini-putting greens you can use indoors. Even these will improve your ability to move more freely.

Several times a day, make it a point to stop and work on a flexibility exercise. For instance, stretch your legs while sitting in the recliner. Do five or six mini leg lifts or stretch your arms over your head and hold them there for a count of ten. All activity, even simple ones, increases your ability to move freely and with less pain.

Dating Senior: Where Senior Singles Find Love And Companionship

Are you a senior single who is thinking about dating again? Meeting new people can be challenging especially to older people as they often face unique circumstances.

One of the greatest challenges is that many older people have been in a relationship that may have lasted for decades. Having to learn the dating game all over can give one an awkward feeling.

It is beyond the scope of this article to offer support to the person who, for any reason, is unable to let go and start over. Such a person may need help from a professional. This article is for the relationship-ready person who does not know where (or how) to start.

Another obstacle to senior dating is that there are not too many avenues open to this age-group. Singles clubs and bars and clubs are not exactly made with this population in mind. Well, being the one senior person in a club full of twenty-something year olds is not particularly endearing, and is open to the wrong interpretation.

Added to this is feeling, real or imagined that one is no longer as attractive as they once were. Physical limitations that sometimes inevitably come with age complicate things even farther. People of the same age-group might be more understanding and accommodating to these limitations.

Senior Health Care Insurance - Sourcing The Right Plan

As people reach their senior years the task of protecting assets and putting in place the appropriate legal, financial and health coverage can be quite confusing and somewhat daunting. As people reach their senior years the task of protecting assets and putting in place the appropriate legal, financial and health insurance coverage can be quite confusing and somewhat daunting. One of the most complicated matters that is required to be addressed is that of putting in place an appropriate senior health care insurance plan. As such it is vitally important to recognize that there are quite a number of options that should be considered when it comes to this specialized type of insurance. However, once the required information is obtained it makes the job of selecting the appropriate senior health care insurance plan a much simpler task.

The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program is one resource that you definitely should take advantage of before you choose any senior health care insurance plan. This program will ensure all your questions regarding Medicare supplements, Medicare prescription drug plans, long-term care insurance and other important matters are adequately answered. Armed with this information you will be in a much better position to decide on the best options for your particular circumstances

When you start to select a senior health care insurance plan, the first thing you need to do is to actually work out what the available options are and which ones will best suit your needs. It is strongly recommended that you make contact with providers of senior health care insurance. You can call them by phone or check out their websites or even go through the Better Business Bureau. The important questions you should address are:

  • How long has each insurance company been in business?
  • How reputable are they?
  • What types of plans are they offering?

Tips For Senior Dog Care

Having a dog that is starting to advance in years needs special care that is different from that of a much younger dog or puppy. A dog that has hit its senior years often has lost a lot of its former spunk and energy. Someone who owns a senior pooch has to pay much closer attention to their dog’s health needs in order to keep the dog healthy. Here are a few tips to help you along with the process of learning how to care for your older puppy.

The first thing that you need to know is that each breed of dog is different in its determination of senior years. A lot of your smaller breeds tend to be around 10 years old or so when they are considered seniors. This changes up a lot so do your research on the breed of dog you currently own so that you can know roughly when to expect these changes to take place. Bigger dogs are usually considered seniors at five years of age.

If you can’t find any information concerning the aging of your particular dog’s breed you should call up your local vet and ask him or her if they can tell you that information. If the vet tells you your dog falls into this category you need to make sure you pay close attention to how your dog behaves and how he moves. Older dogs like this get sick a lot more often than younger dogs so don’t be surprised if your trips to the vet seem to increase. You may start to see your dog start moving a lot slower than he used to, which is a definite indication he is officially a senior dog.

One important aspect of caring for an older dog is his diet. As your dog ages you will need to change up the type of food he eats in order to make sure he is getting all the vitamins, nutrients, and protein he needs to be strong and healthy. Buying food that is specifically designed for older dog is a must. This food will not only give your dog nutrients but will also help your dog to maintain the correct weight.

Something most people tend to neglect is taking their senior dog out for some good healthy exercise. Just because your dog is getting older doesn’t mean he’s dead! Your dog still wants to play and have fun with you so feel free to take your dog out for a walk and play with him or her. They will enjoy it and it will help keep them healthy and in shape.