Understanding the Connection Between Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
Enduring a heart attack changes life instantly. What seemed important before the health crisis suddenly shifts, as the main priority becomes helping the weakened heart to heal. Life is then filled with adjusting to new medications, implementing dietary changes and an exercise regimen, following up with medical appointments and tests, all focused on ensuring optimal […]
Top Foods for Improving Senior Heart Health
There are plenty of visual reminders during this time of the year that prompt us to think about that exceedingly vital organ that works around the clock to help keep us healthy! Store shelves are overflowing with heart-shaped balloons, cards, and boxes of candy. Since it’s also American Heart Month, it is the perfect time […]
Discovering How Home Care Helps Seniors Live with CHF
We only have one, and it is possibly the most critical part of the body – so hearing the news that our heart is “failing” is alarming. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, impacts about 6 million individuals in the U.S. alone, according to the CDC, and although it’s a chronic condition, there are steps to take […]
Top Post-Heart Surgery Tips for National Heart Month
During National Heart Month, there are a couple of important ways you can show your heart some TLC: figure out how to maintain heart health, and learn how to best recover at home if you’ve undergone heart surgery. Look After Your Heart These easy steps can help improve and maintain heart health by keeping cholesterol and […]
Heart Health Awareness Month: Tips for Seniors
“Your heart is the softest place on earth. Take care of it!” – Nayyirah Waheed You cannot escape them during this time of the year: flaming red heart-shaped balloons, cookies, cakes, boxes of chocolates, and cards that grab our attention and encourage us to show those closest to us just how much we love them. […]
Protect Your Heart with These Tips to Prevent High Cholesterol
Hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, LDLs, and HDLs: what exactly do they mean, and are they putting you in danger of a heart attack? While the terminology might be confusing, it’s worthwhile to be aware of the fundamentals of cholesterol and its effect on our heart health – and more importantly, what proactive measures you can take to […]
Grace Home Care’s Top Heart Attack Recovery Tips
After having a heart attack, it’s very common to go through a number of emotions and thoughts: relief that the experience is over, uncertainty about what may have brought on the attack, and concern about the chance of it happening yet again, just to name a few. The good news is there are some heart […]
Did You Know…? High Blood Pressure Facts, Stats, and Management Tips
Older age and high blood pressure seem to come in tandem, with the chances skyrocketing for individuals 65 years and older. Once an older adult reaches age 75, an average of nearly 80% will be diagnosed with high blood pressure. And the ensuing adverse effects can be severe: from chronic stroke, heart attack and heart […]
Grace Home Care Shares Top Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
While the stores are overflowing with heart-shaped everything in honor of Valentine’s Day, it is the perfect reminder for each of us to take care of our hearts, and in particular, to be able to identify the signals of a heart attack and to know precisely what to do if we believe a senior loved […]