Everyone’s health can benefit from adding in more exercise, but physical activity can especially help the elderly.

The benefits of staying active in old age cannot be overstated, and we take the need for exercise seriously with our patients and residents here at Senior Health Care Solutions.

Staying active in old age has been linked to lowered risks of heart disease and stroke, reduced feelings of depression, and increased mobility due to stronger muscles and joints.

If your elderly loved ones need short- or long-term rehabilitation or even a permanent assisted-living residence, and they don’t know how to stay active in old age, know that the staff at Senior Health Care Solutions considers physical activity to be of the utmost importance.

In this post, we’ll describe the importance of seniors staying physically and mentally active, how it can help them, and what we do to encourage that at our nursing and rehabilitation centers and personal care residences.

What Is the Importance of Staying Active in Old Age?

Aside from keeping them busy and helping to improve their overall quality of life, the benefits of staying physically active in older people include lowering the risks of heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. Staying active can also strengthen muscles, improve mobility, and decrease inflammation.

Exercise can produce these benefits for people at any age, but it holds true for seniors in particular.

Our bodies naturally decline as we age, but there are certain things we can do to slow down that process. One of them is to stay physically active.

At the same time, we understand that some members of our senior population can move better than others. Every individual patient has unique needs.

What is to be done, then?

We have some suggestions below.

What Can the Elderly Do to Stay Active?

Despite the many benefits of staying active in old age, not everyone can perform the same activities as everyone else.

To the extent that they’re able to, seniors can find numerous ways to stay physically active that don’t involve doing anything hazardous, and our skilled and compassionate staff is always there to help.

Activities might include:

• lifting small weights
• walking
• playing light sports such as golf
• learning yoga
• swimming
• stretching
• dancing

Of course, it makes complete sense that our staff should focus on physical activity for seniors, since that’s what our rehabilitation centers are all about.

We understand that physical therapy and other kinds of activity are sometimes exactly what’s needed for seniors who have recently broken a bone or had surgery.

No matter what the individual abilities of your loved one are, we will develop a plan that works for them so they stay happy, healthy, and active as long as they are with us.

Senior Health Care Solutions Understands the Importance of Staying Active in Old Age

For us at Senior Health Care Solutions, we understand that not everyone knows how to stay active in old age. We know physical activity to be one of the most vital ways we can help our senior population to maintain or regain their strength and overall health.

Regularly moving the body around can reduce one’s risk of developing heart disease, cancer, strokes, and weakness in the muscles and joints. It’s also one of the primary ways that nurses and physical therapists help the elderly to recover from medical procedures and broken bones.

When your loved one comes to us, we develop an individualized plan to keep them active based on their condition and ability. Physical activity is always something we encourage in residents and patients, and we are happy to work with them and their families to ensure they are staying active and healthy.

To learn more about how our staff helps our patients and residents to stay physically active, reach out to us at info@seniorhealthpa.com, or call (570) 969-2188.