Home Health Care Exercises for Seniors
Home Instead Senior Care has found that an increasing pool of data spells out the inevitable fact that exercise is vital to the good health of seniors.Medical science has long known that one reason people lose muscle mass and grow frail as they age is because of seniors' reduced ability to respond to the stimulus of the hormone insulin. Another recent study found that for seniors, drops in insulin response can be modified by moderate exercise.
* Use resistance bands, dumbbells, or weight lifting machines to help build strength. While it’s likely most seniors won’t want to bulk up, strength training activities can prevent loss of muscle tone.
* Aerobic activities include things like walking, swimming, dancing, and bicycling. You can get plenty of benefits without overdoing it. Just 30 minutes of aerobic exercise every day can greatly improve cardiovascular and respiratory health and help with weight management. With water aerobics and elliptical trainers, aerobic exercise doesn’t have to take a toll on your joints either. Everyone can enjoy aerobic exercise.
* Perhaps the most enjoyable type of exercise, relaxation activities include things like deep breathing and cool-down exercises. Yoga classes are great for relaxation in addition to increasing agility and flexibility. Relaxation exercises help lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and can help your immune system.
* Exercise that help you improve your range of motion and make you more agile should also be incorporated into a senior’s home health care routine. Movements that stretch the body work best. Try a little tai chi or yoga practice a few times of week. These activities can help seniors prevent falls.
* Exercise lead to improved mobility and coordination. Every day activities are easier to manage.
* Exercise improves balance and can help lessen a senior’s risk of falling.
* Exercise brings strength and endurance, making chores easier and reducing stress.
* Exercise strengthens bones, and building bone mass is important for staving off osteoporosis.
* Exercise improves cardiovascular function and can lower your risk for heart disease.
* Exercise can help ward off a number of health problems from dementia to diabetes.
* Exercise improves joint health, and can help lubricate joints to alleviate joint pain.
* Exercise leads to an improved attitude, elevating self-confidence and mood.
* Exercise can improve a senior’s social life, creating opportunities to meet new people.
* Exercise can help you sleep better, and better sleep is good for immune system.
* Exercise can prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia, improving a person’s circulation and stimulating memory function.
* Exercise is good for metabolism and can help senior’s maintain a healthy weight.
