Your elderly family member’s ability to avoid a fall depends on so many variables. One of the variables you might not have connected fully to her fall risk is her overall health. Some bits and pieces of her overall health can be particularly connected to her risk of falling.
Feeling Dizzy or Lightheaded Is a Problem
Your senior might feel dizzy or lightheaded for a variety of reasons. One of the most common reasons could be that she hasn’t eaten recently. She might also be dehydrated or experiencing side effects from medications that she’s taking. If this is a new issue for your aging adult, be sure to talk to her doctor as soon as possible to find an answer.
Exercise Is More Effective than She Thinks
Often aging adults avoid exercise because it’s something they never saw a reason to do or because it’s uncomfortable. Exercise can help your elderly family member to improve her flexibility, rebuild muscle strength, and boost her energy and her mood. Talk to your senior’s doctor before she starts any new exercise routine. This helps to make sure that she’s exercising at a level that is safe for her.
There’s No Need to Rush
Your senior doesn’t need to rush through anything. If there’s something that needs to be handled quickly, that might be a task that’s better left for you or for elder care providers to handle. Make sure that your elderly family member has easy access to phones, to medical alarms, or to anything else that could ensure she gets help quickly when she needs it.
Vision and Hearing Tests Matter
It’s easy to overlook vision and hearing tests, too, especially if your elderly family member is convinced that there’s nothing wrong with either her ears or her eyes. But if your senior can’t see obstacles, it’s difficult to avoid them. Likewise, your senior’s ears have a lot to do with her being able to maintain her balance, both while walking and while standing still. Make sure she has both checked regularly.
Assistive Devices Work
As unappealing as assistive devices can be for your senior, they do work. Very often people are most unhappy with assistive devices when they’re the wrong size or they’re not adjusted properly. Your senior’s doctor can show both of you how to adjust a cane or walker so that it’s right for her.
Elder care providers can help both you and your aging adult to determine which issues are the biggest ones for her. They can also help you to stay on top of what symptoms are a factor for your elderly family member at any given time.
IF YOU OR AN AGING LOVED ONE ARE CONSIDERING HIRING ELDER CARE IN THE LOOP, IL, PLEASE CONTACT THE CARING STAFF AT BRIGHTSTAR CARE CHICAGO. CALL TODAY: 312.382.8888.
Feeling Dizzy or Lightheaded Is a Problem
Your senior might feel dizzy or lightheaded for a variety of reasons. One of the most common reasons could be that she hasn’t eaten recently. She might also be dehydrated or experiencing side effects from medications that she’s taking. If this is a new issue for your aging adult, be sure to talk to her doctor as soon as possible to find an answer.
Exercise Is More Effective than She Thinks
Often aging adults avoid exercise because it’s something they never saw a reason to do or because it’s uncomfortable. Exercise can help your elderly family member to improve her flexibility, rebuild muscle strength, and boost her energy and her mood. Talk to your senior’s doctor before she starts any new exercise routine. This helps to make sure that she’s exercising at a level that is safe for her.
There’s No Need to Rush
Your senior doesn’t need to rush through anything. If there’s something that needs to be handled quickly, that might be a task that’s better left for you or for elder care providers to handle. Make sure that your elderly family member has easy access to phones, to medical alarms, or to anything else that could ensure she gets help quickly when she needs it.
Vision and Hearing Tests Matter
It’s easy to overlook vision and hearing tests, too, especially if your elderly family member is convinced that there’s nothing wrong with either her ears or her eyes. But if your senior can’t see obstacles, it’s difficult to avoid them. Likewise, your senior’s ears have a lot to do with her being able to maintain her balance, both while walking and while standing still. Make sure she has both checked regularly.
Assistive Devices Work
As unappealing as assistive devices can be for your senior, they do work. Very often people are most unhappy with assistive devices when they’re the wrong size or they’re not adjusted properly. Your senior’s doctor can show both of you how to adjust a cane or walker so that it’s right for her.
Elder care providers can help both you and your aging adult to determine which issues are the biggest ones for her. They can also help you to stay on top of what symptoms are a factor for your elderly family member at any given time.
IF YOU OR AN AGING LOVED ONE ARE CONSIDERING HIRING ELDER CARE IN THE LOOP, IL, PLEASE CONTACT THE CARING STAFF AT BRIGHTSTAR CARE CHICAGO. CALL TODAY: 312.382.8888.