In-Home Care: Post-Heart Attack Recovery for Seniors

Vancouver Senior Home Care  |  February 18, 2019

What Every Senior in Vancouver, BC, Needs to Know About Recovering from a Heart Attack

What do you need to know about heart attack recovery? Fortunately, a loved one who has survived a heart attack can often continue to live a long life. However, their lifestyle may undergo significant changes. Heart damage plays a crucial role in determining the length of recovery, typically 8 weeks or more for seniors.

Heart Attack Recovery for Seniors

Emotions are often challenged after a heart attack, with depression, anger, and fear affecting many adults until regular activities begin again. Your loved one will need rest and a night of good sleep, but it’s also important for him or her to return to normal hobbies, outings, and events. It is also vital for seniors to share feelings with family members, friends, clergy or a recovery group.

What to Expect During Heart Attack Recovery

During the first days at home post-heart attack, the older adult will be weak since their heart muscle has been damaged. The hospital stay creates weakness, too, since patients have limited activity and bed rest. Loved ones need to adhere to the doctor’s specific advice, but a patient will be expected to bathe, dress, and groom him or herself once back at home.

Four Tips for Heart Attack Recovery in Seniors

Tip #1. Exercise

Short daily walks are usually prescribed for strength, energy, and endurance to increase once again. A slow return to regular duties around the house, like cooking, cleaning and laundry is advisable. The adult may need energy-conserving techniques to prevent lifting, pushing or pulling of heavy objects until the doctor approves.

Tip #2. Diet

A diet full of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes is recommended, with small amounts of protein foods. Sugary foods should be avoided but complex carbohydrates will help with energy.

Tip #3. Medication

Medications may be prescribed to prevent future blood clots, enhance heart performance, and aid recovery. Prescriptions might help with irregular heartbeats, stabilizing blood pressure, or pain. In any case, medications must be taken on schedule, exactly as prescribed.

Tip #4. Lifestyle Changes

Additional lifestyle changes and adjustments might be suggested after an aging adult has a serious heart attack but Comfort Keepers® is there to help. Compassionate caregivers can drive older adults to their doctor appointments, keep the home clean, prepare meals, and offer companionship, which all benefits the patient physically, mentally and emotionally. 

The Best Senior Home Care Provider in Vancouver, BC, is Comfort Keepers®

Many families prefer Comfort Keepers® when arranging senior home care services for a loved one in or around Vancouver, British Columbia. 

If you are concerned about the health and well-being of your aging loved ones, we can help with 24-hour care. Comfort Keepers Vancouver also provides home care services like respite care, overnight care, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care, personal care, and more! 

Comfort Keepers® Vancouver Can Help with Companion Care and Interactive Caregiving™

Personal and empathetic care starts in the heart and allows us to meet our clients’ needs. Comfort Keeper’s philosophy is to elevate the human spirit, and our caregivers ensure your loved one experiences a better quality of life.

Trained caregivers help provide our senior clients with personal home care to help maintain the highest possible quality of life, keeping them happy and healthy at home. Our Interactive Caregiving™ delivers a system of care that addresses safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

Bring The Best Home Care Assistance for Seniors Right Where You Live with Comfort Keepers®

Comfort Keepers® Vancouver is proud to provide elder care in homes throughout Vancouver, keeping seniors safe in their homes. We provide home care for the seniors of Vancouver and the surrounding areas of Burnaby, Langley, Maple Ridge, and Richmond. Please call (604) 689-8609. 

Personal Care and Senior Homecare in Vancouver, BC

Learn more about our unique service, which offers personal care, companionship care, palliative care, and end-of-life care by contacting the Comfort Keepers® Vancouver office.

Accredited and Quality Respite Care Available 24/7 for British Columbia Families

Accreditation Canada has awarded Comfort Keepers® Vancouver with Exemplary Standing. This designation is only achieved after an organization’s policies, procedures, and processes undergo a thorough evaluation by industry experts to ensure they meet or exceed the stringent quality standards set by Accreditation Canada for Home Care companies.

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