The Importance of Managing Depression in Cardiac Recovery
Having a heart attack changes life immediately. What felt important prior to the health crisis suddenly fades into the background, while the main concern becomes helping the damaged heart to heal. Life is then full of adjusting to new medications, implementing dietary changes and an exercise regimen, following up with medical appointments and tests, all […]
Senior Care Helps During Heart Surgery Recovery
During National Heart Month, there are two important ways you can show your heart some love: discover how to keep your heart healthy, and learn how home care can help with heart surgery recovery. Care for Your Heart These simple steps will help maintain heart fitness by keeping cholesterol and blood pressure levels in balance […]
Improve Heart Health: Learn the Facts About High Cholesterol and How to Prevent It
Hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, LDLs, and HDLs: what do they all mean, and are they putting you at risk for a heart attack? Although the terminology might be confusing, it’s worthwhile to understand the fundamentals of cholesterol and its effect on our heart health – and more importantly, what practical steps you can take to verify your […]
Live Free Home Health Care’s Top Tips for Managing High Blood Pressure
Older age and high blood pressure seem to go hand in hand, with the risk skyrocketing for those age 65 and above. By the time a senior reaches age 75, between 67% and 79% will struggle with the challenges of this condition. And the resulting effects can be grave: from chronic heart failure, heart attack […]
Watch Out for These Heart Attack Warning Signs
Now that the stores are overflowing with heart-shaped everything in celebration of Valentine’s Day, it’s the perfect reminder for each one of us to take care of our hearts, and in particular, to be able to identify the signals of a heart attack and to know clearly what to do if we suspect a senior […]
Send Some Love to Your Heart This Valentine’s Day by Enhancing Heart Health!
Since it’s the only one we have, it’s critical that we treat it with as much love and care as possible! We all need to make sure our heart is healthy, but for older adults especially, it may take a little more effort to avert serious complications like heart attacks, heart disease, elevated blood pressure […]
Make Heart Health a Priority
By the time you finish reading this blog post, one American woman will have died of heart disease. This is a scary statistic, but thankfully, there’s a silver lining – heart disease can be prevented! But first, women must get serious about heart health. There’s no better time to get more serious about your heart […]
Live Free Home Health Care’s Top Tips for Recovery After Heart Surgery
Heart surgery is complicated and requires rest, dietary changes, and specific care in order to recover without incident. Proper care after heart surgery can also shorten the recovery time. The following are Live Free’s top tips for recovery after heart surgery at home: Caring for the Incision Instructions on how to care for the incision […]
A Healthy Heart May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease
A recent study published in The Archives of Neurology found that having higher HDL or good cholesterol may lower one’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Although doctors don’t agree on just how much a healthy heart can protect against Alzheimer’s disease, most do believe there is a connection between the two. With a staggering one out […]
Heart Attack Signs for Women Can be Subtle. Do You Know All the Signs?
Although there have been numerous studies, it is still somewhat controversial that women’s reported heart attack symptoms are generally different then men’s reported symptoms. As with men, a woman’s most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience and report some of the other […]