What Is Home Health Care

What Is Home Health Care?

Home health care includes a wide range of professional health services that can be delivered to the home of a recovering, disabled, or chronically ill person in need of medical, nursing, social, or therapeutic treatment, and/or assistance with the essential activities of daily living. According to Copperstone Assisted Living, home health care is not inferior to hospitals or nursing facilities in…

Preventing and controling high blood pressure

Preventing and controling high blood pressure

What can you do to prevent or control high blood pressure? Quit smoking and/or chewing tobacco. Ask your provider for help with quitting. Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. If you are overweight, ask your provider for help with a plan to lose weight. Be physically active. “Physical activity” includes any activity that raises your heart…

Games Improve Seniors Health

Consoles Games Improve Seniors Health

Recent studies have shown that virtual reality games such as on Nintendo Wii and XBox Kinect may help seniors support their mental health and sharpness. Mostly it applies to exercising games as, for instance, racing games, when a player needs to use a controller pedal, can be not only a great source of fun and…