Making Sure Seniors are Getting Enough Vitamin C

Blog  |  October 5, 2020

#DYK | The recommended daily dose of this vitamin is 90 milligrams for men and 75 milligrams for a woman.

Making Sure Seniors are Getting Enough Vitamin C | For seniors, good eating habits improve physical health, which in turn has a positive effect on mental well-being and overall quality of life. Vitamin intake is often an important part of maintaining a healthy diet and getting the necessary nutrients.

As seniors age, vitamin deficiencies can occur for many reasons, such as skipped meals, medications interfering with the absorption of vitamins, or certain health issues.

One vitamin that can greatly play a role in the quality of life of seniors is vitamin C. While usually associated with colds, this vitamin plays a part in keeping older adults healthy all around.

Benefits of Vitamin C for Seniors include:

• Fights off colds: Vitamin C reduces the duration and severity of some illnesses
• Immunity boost: Assists in the formation of white blood cells, which help fight off infection
• Supports healthy joints: Helps form collagen, which helps hold skin, ligaments, and cartilage together
• Builds strong blood vessels: Helps keeps blood vessel walls strong and resistant to damage

When people age, the need for vitamin C only increases as they become more susceptible to illness and disease. Whether it is preventing macular degeneration, heart disease, osteoporosis, or cancer, vitamin C has a vital role.

Seniors that want to ensure that they are getting enough of this crucial vitamin on a regular basis should talk to a healthcare professional. Typically, avoiding vitamin C deficiency is possible with a healthy diet, but some older adults find that a supplement can be beneficial.

Foods rich in vitamin C are citrus fruits, bell peppers, tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cantaloupe.

Comfort Keepers® Georgian Triangle – Leaders in Family-Focused Personal Health Care

For seniors struggling to maintain healthy eating habits, Comfort Keepers caregivers can help with meal planning, grocery shopping, meal preparation, and support for physician-prescribed diets.

If you are concerned about the health and well-being of your aging loved ones we can help. Comfort Keepers®’s trained caregivers help provide senior clients with the highest quality of life possible to keep them happy and healthy at home. Our Interactive Caregiving™ provides a system of care that addresses safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

What’s more, our trained caregivers are selected with one specific quality in mind: empathy. Care that is empathetic is care that starts in the heart, and it allows us to meet our client’s exact needs. Learn more about our unique service offering Dementia Care and Palliative Care by contacting the Comfort Keepers Georgian Triangle office.

Comfort Keepers Georgian Triangle, is pleased to announce that we are a recipient of Accreditation Canada’s, Accreditation Primer Award. Accreditation is an intensive process in which an organization’s processes, policies, and procedures are examined by industry experts against a set of quality standards. To achieve accredited status, Comfort Keepers offices met or exceeded the rigorous standards for Home Care companies, as defined by Accreditation Canada. 

If you live in the Collingwood, Midland, Owen Sound area, contact Comfort Keepers at (705) 293-5553, or email us at georgiantriangle@comfortkeepers.ca. Comfort Keepers Georgian Triangle is here to help you and your loved ones get the best care possible.

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References

Oregon State University. “Micronutrients for Older Adults.” Web. 2020.

SF Gate. “How Much Vitamin C Should Seniors Take in Addition to Multivitamins? Web. 2018.

Next Avenue, “Malnutrition is Affecting Too Many Older Adults.” Web. 2016.

Sixty and Me. “The Importance of Vitamin C for Older Women…and a Few Problem Signs.” Web.

Healthline. “How Your Nutritional Needs Change as You Age.” Web. 2017.

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