National Cholesterol Education Month every September is an opportunity for you and your senior to take a closer look at what cholesterol is and how it affects overall health. The more your senior knows about this health condition, the easier it will be for her and her home care assistance aides to address health concerns related to cholesterol.
Learning More about Cholesterol Is Vital
High cholesterol is a health concern, but it’s one that does not have a great many overt symptoms until it’s seriously advanced. National Cholesterol Education Month gives you and your senior a chance to learn more about what high cholesterol is, what it can do, and why it’s impactful on your senior’s health. Tackling cholesterol issues early can help your senior to avoid heart disease and other complications.
Your Senior May Get Her Cholesterol Checked
It’s an excellent idea to talk to your senior’s doctor and to get her cholesterol levels checked. Your senior’s doctor can help her to understand how cholesterol affects her individual health and what changes she might need to make. Changes having to do with activity levels and dietary changes can be a lot easier if your senior is open to home care assistance, too.
She May Decide to Make Better Health Choices
Knowing more about cholesterol in general and about her cholesterol levels in particular can help your senior to feel inspired to make some different choices regarding her health. It’s difficult to decide to eat differently or to embrace other changes, like doctor-recommended exercise programs. But when she has a reason to do so, that can help quite a bit.
Your Senior May Realize it’s a Good Idea to Have Home Care Assistance
But understanding why she needs to make changes doesn’t mean that’s suddenly easy for your senior. She may be more open to the idea to having home care providers helping her, however, especially if she’s shut that idea down in the past. Home care assistance can make healthy meals for her, remind her to take medications, and help with daily tasks that reduce your senior’s stress levels. All of that can be a tremendous help.
Your loved one might be surprised just how quickly she can start to see results when she’s committed to tackling her cholesterol issues head on. It won’t happen overnight but sticking with the things that work helps so very much and your senior may find that she feels better overall, too.