Senior Health and Diabetes Prevention

Vancouver Senior Home Care  |  March 13, 2019

What Every Senior in Vancouver, BC, Needs to Know About Diabetes Prevention

What do you need to know about Diabetes prevention? Over half of older Americans are suffering from pre-diabetic conditions. Public education for prevention is vitally important. The aging adult who is pre-diabetic is at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes but it’s not likely to progress if the adult makes the correct lifestyle changes.

Learning the best lifestyle changes that include healthier foods, expanding physical activity, and losing extra pounds can diminish worsening problems like nerve, kidney, and heart damage.

Lifestyle Tips to Help Prevent Diabetes 

Tip #1. Physical Activity Helps:

Increased physical activity can help with weight loss and may even lower blood sugar, hopefully eliminating the need for prescription medications. Cardio fitness exercises and strength training are important for increasing muscle strength and endurance. Even people with joint pain can enjoy swim classes that include cardio, strength and endurance. Walking is freely available, whether counting steps at home or outside with a walking buddy.

Doctors generally recommend 150 minutes of exercise per week for seniors, but that amount of time can be broken down into smaller increments like 30 minutes 5 times per week. Start with your doctor’s approval and then call your local senior center for exercise info for seniors in the area.

Tip #2. Shed Extra Pounds:

Diabetes can often be delayed or prevented by diet and weight loss. Ask your doctor or nutritionist for a weight-loss diet for people with pre-diabetic conditions.

Tip #3. Make Quality Food Choices:

Use food as your medicine because what you consume will impact your health and wellness. Learn healthier habits now, understand normal portion sizes, and foods that are high in fiber, and reduce sugary and salty processed foods. Increase water intake by hydrating with fresh water infused with citrus fruits, berries, or fresh sprigs of mint. Whole foods, like fresh fruit and vegetables, should be eaten daily. Stay away from preservatives and food chemicals.

An in-home caregiver can offer encouragement for better health and help with grocery planning, shopping, and meal preparation. 

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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