CARE
Care at Home
Sara Whatley looks at some tips to help older generations stay safe, happy and healthy at home. Read on for some inspiration
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aking care of yourself at home is important for everyone of every age. However, in later life it is especially important to maintain good physical and mental health, look after your basic needs and stay connected with family and friends.
MENTAL STIMULATION It’s not just our bodies we need to keep exercised; it’s our minds too. Brain training maths and word games are great for this as well as PHYSICAL HEALTH activities like puzzles, We should all aim to board and card games. be physically active Finding an activity every day, even if it is you love where you light activity such as produce something making tea, dusting, tangible at the end making the bed can give you a great or simply moving sense of satisfaction around your home. and renewed Use these activities confidence too. This to break up periods of might be drawing or sitting or lying down. painting, a knitting If mobility is no project or perhaps problem then you may cooking a meal. want to engage is some Start bird watching, Later life affords one moderate activity master tree identification a little more time to such as dancing, light indulge in passions, or even photography gardening or even so how about learning riding a bike. a new language or An important part of staying instrument? Start bird watching, master physically healthy is to maintain tree identification or even photography. muscle strength and balance. Things like yoga, Pilates and tai chi all help BASIC NEEDS with this, and can even be done from Making sure all your basic needs are a chair. There are a wealth of tutorial covered will generally keep you healthy videos available online. Alternatively, in both mind and body. Try to ensure ask a local instructor to show you some you get a daily hot meal, plenty of fluids postures to practice at home. Below are some tips which may inspire you to try something new or reignite an old practice which has fallen by the wayside.
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