Activities for Seniors | March 11, 2024
In-Home Care for Seniors | With the start of spring, many seniors with in-home care are getting outside to take advantage of the warmer weather. Along with that, seniors are getting busy in the garden, preparing to grow vegetables and flowers. Gardening offers a variety of benefits – for body and mind – for seniors!
When seniors are active in their gardens, their hearts and lungs are exercised as they walk, bend, and use garden tools. This can help with weight management and improved flexibility.
Being outdoors gives seniors increased exposure to the sun and Vitamin D. Vitamin D is necessary to strengthen the bones and help prevent falls and fractures. This powerful vitamin maintains essential independence for seniors and quality of life. It can also decrease the risk of diabetes, heart issues, and possibly some types of cancer.
Gardening helps to reduce stress levels and can even help with feelings of loneliness and depression. Relaxing in a peaceful outdoor environment is good for all ages!
Without staying active, aging leads to a decline in strength, stamina, and a sense of accomplishment. However, having a garden to tend to allows seniors a sense of accomplishment to feel proud of. They can feel fulfilled by creating their garden and sharing their harvest.
With the prevalence of dementia, it is good to know that seniors can reduce the risk by gardening regularly. How? It can improve their problem-solving and sensory awareness skills, which keeps their brain in tip-top shape.
Even if an older adult in-home care has never gardened before, it’s not too late to gain this new hobby! Seniors might enjoy learning about different species of flowers or vegetables and eventually become experts in gardening.
To keep seniors safe while gardening, they should have sunscreen handy, drink plenty of fluids, and use knee pads if kneeling. Long sleeves can protect from cuts and scratches. Be sure all walkways are flat and free of tripping hazards.
Our trained caregivers will ensure your loved one is comfortable, independent and safe in their home. On top of that, we will also aim to enhance their overall health, quality of life and general happiness.
Comfort Keepers of Edmonton offers a wider range of senior care services. We offer retirement care, respite care, senior care, companionship care, end-of-life care, post-surgery care, palliative care, personal care, and senior living transition services. If you are concerned about the health and well-being of your aging loved ones we can help with 24-hour care and more!
Empathetic care starts in the heart and allows us to meet our client’s needs. Our trained caregivers are selected with one specific quality in mind, empathy. We strive to stimulate our clients emotionally, mentally and socially, thus enhancing their overall quality of life.
Our Interactive Caregiving™ provides a system of care that addresses companionship, safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs). The system increases seniors’ sense of well-being, independence and companionship by focusing on Senior Mind, Senior Body, Senior Nutrition, and Senior Safety.
Comfort Keepers® Edmonton is an Approved Service Provider for the Client Directed Homecare Invoicing (CDHCI) Program Offered by Alberta Health Services.
CDHCI is a great program provided by Alberta Health Services (AHS), allowing clients to choose an approved agency like, Comfort Keepers Edmonton for Personal Care, Respite Care and Homemaking needs. The chosen agency can then bill AHS directly for services rendered for approved hours through Alberta Blue Cross. Read more about the program HERE.
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