How to Safeguard Mental Health After a Heart Issue
Having a heart attack changes life instantly. What felt important prior to the health crisis suddenly fades into the background, while the top priority becomes helping the weakened 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 […]
How the Right Food Choices Can Help Seniors Maintain Heart Health
There are many visual reminders around this time of year that prompt us to think about that tremendously vital organ that works around the clock to help keep us healthy! Store shelves are full of heart-shaped balloons, boxes of candy, and cards. Since it’s also American Heart Month, it’s an ideal time to take steps […]
How Home Care Aids Seniors Living With CHF
We only have one, and it’s arguably the most fundamental organ in our bodies – so hearing from our doctor that our heart is “failing” is distressing. Congestive heart failure impacts approximately 6 million individuals in the United States alone, according to research by the CDC, and although it’s a chronic illness, there are actions people […]
Home Care Equals Heart Care Following Cardiac Surgery
During National Heart Month, there are two important ways you can boost your heart care: understand how to keep your heart healthy, and learn how home care can help you recuperate following heart surgery. Look After Your Heart These simple steps can help maintain heart fitness by keeping cholesterol and blood pressure levels in check […]
Heart Health for Seniors During Heart Month and Beyond
“Your heart is the softest place on earth. Take care of it!” – Nayyirah Waheed You cannot escape them around this time of year: flaming red heart-shaped balloons, cakes, cookies, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards that grab our attention and remind us to show those closest to us how much we love them. But […]
Protect Your Heart: Strategies to Prevent High Cholesterol from Morning Glory Home Care
Hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, HDLs and LDLs: what exactly do they all mean, and are they putting you at risk for a heart attack? While the terminology may be confusing, it’s very important to be aware of the basics of cholesterol and its impact on our heart health – and most importantly, what practical measures you can […]
Morning Glory Home Care Shares Life Enhancement Tips for Heart Attack Recovery
After suffering from a heart attack, it’s common to undergo a broad range of feelings: relief that the experience is over, uncertainty about what could possibly have brought on the attack, and concern about the chance of it happening all over again, just to name a few. The good news is there are steps that […]