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The ABCs of Heart Health

February 22, 2023 in Senior Care, Senior Heart Health

Nearly half of all people in the United States have one of the three top risk factors of heart disease: high blood pressure, smoking, and high LDL cholesterol. Too many people make poor lifestyle decisions each day that adversely impact their heart health. Read More

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The Benefits of Recovering at Home After Heart Surgery

February 23, 2022 in Chronic Condition Management, Heart Attack, Heart Surgery, Home Care Services, Home Care Tips, Senior Health, Senior Heart Health, Senior Safety

Each and every day, thousands of heart surgeries take place throughout the U.S. From open heart surgery to valve repair, there are a variety of procedures available to help people preserve an engaged lifestyle in spite of a cardiac event. Read More

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How to Recognize the Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

February 10, 2022 in Chronic Condition Management, Heart Attack, Long-Term Care Information, Medical Tips, Senior Care, Senior Heart Health, Senior High Blood Pressure, Senior Safety

CHF, or congestive heart failure, is a health condition that occurs when the heart doesn’t pump blood as efficiently as it needs to. CHF can be the result of a few different conditions, including high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. Read More

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Think You Know the Best Foods for Heart Health? These Facts May Surprise You!

February 22, 2021 in Chronic Condition Management, Senior Heart Health, Senior High Blood Pressure

Our aging care professionals understand that it’s not always easy to know which are the best foods for heart health when recommendations appear to constantly be changing. We had been told that saturated fats from options including butter, red meat and fried foods were detrimental and could influence a person’s possibilities of developing heart complications, but later studies indicated there isn’t enough proof that those who gave up these foods improved their heart health – and so, we went back to our previous ways due to the go-ahead to select butter over margarine. Read More

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Understand and Manage Senior Medications for Heart Disease with These Tips

February 9, 2021 in Chronic Condition Management, Senior Health, Senior Heart Health

If you have heart disease, you know it’s vital to take your heart disease meds exactly as prescribed. But what specifically does that mean? Here are a few helpful recommendations for senior medications from Harmony Home Health & Hospice which can help you get the most from your meds: Be aware of which meds you’re taking. Read More

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Take the “IF She Were a SWAN…” Challenge to Better Detect Signs of Heart Attack in Women

February 14, 2019 in Heart Attack, Home Care Services, Senior Health, Senior Heart Health, Senior Safety

We all know the story of the ugly duckling who ended up to be a gorgeous swan. The apparent moral of that particular story is that many things, upon first appearance, are not what they seem to be. Read More

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Understanding the Importance of Following a Diet for Healthy Kidneys

March 13, 2023 in Chronic Condition Management, Senior Health, Senior Nutrition

As they say, you are what you eat, and for those with kidney disease, it is crucial that a proper dietary plan is followed to decrease symptoms, including an upset stomach, pain, swelling and more. Read More

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Common Signs of Cardiac Depression

February 10, 2023 in Heart Attack, Mental Health, Senior Care, Senior Heart Health

When someone you love experiences a heart attack and then suffers complications like cardiac depression, you will likely want to go through a list of steps that can be taken to ensure that the damaged heart heals and the person’s lifestyle choices that contributed to the heart attack are changed. Read More

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Is Exercise the Best Medicine for Seniors?

September 6, 2022 in Aging in Place, Medical Tips, Prescriptions, Senior Exercise, Senior Health

If you made a resolution in the beginning of the year to work out more this year, ideally you’re continuing to stay with it! Adding more physical activity to your everyday tasks is one resolution we ought to all be putting into action. Read More

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How to Reduce Stress and Increase Calm for Family Caregivers

April 7, 2022 in Family Caregiver

Emotional stress for family caregivers is inevitable, but actually, not always a negative thing. In fact, as they say, “A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well.” Read More

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