10 Holiday Activities for Seniors the Whole Family Can Enjoy Together
We can all relate to feeling overwhelmed by the whirlwind of necessary tasks that need to be taken care of during the holiday season: all of the shopping and wrapping gifts, writing and sending, planning and decorating, visiting and baking. But amid the hustle and bustle, it’s also easy to forget about the necessity of […]
Live Free Home Health Care’s Top Holiday Tips for Seniors
The holiday season is finally here! Friends and families gather together from far and wide to reminisce, celebrate, and share in the feelings of love and joy that make this time of year so special. And naturally, what would the holiday season be without all of those festive decorations to enliven our home environment and […]
Safely Enjoy the Holidays with These Diabetes Tips for Older Adults
There’s nothing quite as heartwarming as Thanksgiving, as we gather together in appreciation with the ones we love to celebrate the simple gift of togetherness. And, as we shared in our previous blog post, the main focus of the festivities is the classic, lavish meal that we all eagerly look forward to well in advance […]
Try These Healthy Thanksgiving Tips from Live Free Home Health Care
Close your eyes, breathe deep, and you can almost smell it now: the roasting turkey, buttery bread, fresh-baked pies, and all the other delicacies we indulge in during the Thanksgiving celebration with family and friends. But for seniors who struggle with the challenges of following a special dietary plan, such as dictated by diabetes or […]
Live Free Shares Information You Need to Know on Prescription and Vitamin Interactions
“Always take your vitamins!” How frequently have we been told about the need to make certain we meet the daily recommended requirement for the wide range of vitamin and mineral supplements that are meant to keep us healthy and well? What we hear less often, though, is the risk in combining particular medicines with over-the-counter […]
Try These Tricks to Make Medication Management Less Scary!
While we know that medications are very often life-saving, we’ve also heard plenty of alarming stories of patients who mistakenly received an incorrect medication – either because of a miscommunication with the prescribing physician or the pharmacy. Yet there’s inherent risk to taking any medication: substance misuse. Just as it would be extremely dangerous to […]
Live Free Home Health Care’s Top Senior Fitness Tips
It’s natural for older individuals to fall into a more sedentary routine when battling such difficulties as chronic pain, joint and muscle stiffness, and overall lethargy. However, lack of exercise tends to worsen the very symptoms older adults are intending to alleviate by avoiding physical fitness. Live Free Home Health Care knows that the remedy lies […]
Celebrate Healthy Aging Month by Boosting Brain Health
We all know the many advantages to staying physically active as we age – lessened threat of stroke and heart attack, obesity, diabetes, and others. But it’s likewise necessary to keep our brains active and healthy, and because September is Healthy Aging Month, the team at Live Free Home Health Care knows it is the […]
How to Best Help Someone Diagnosed with Cancer
When a loved one shares with us that he or she has been diagnosed with cancer, it can take our breath away. It’s tough to know how to react, and we may be nervous about saying or doing the wrong thing – sadly, often leading to distancing ourselves from the person with cancer simply because […]
Cancer Care Tips: How to Reduce the Side Effects of Chemo
Chemo can be a lifesaver, and is used to treat over half a million U.S. citizens each year; but as miraculous as this treatment plan might be, it’s not without potential risks and often difficult unwanted effects. Live Free Home Health Care, top providers of New Hampshire home care services, shares some of the most […]