Does your elderly loved one seem lazy? If so, that may not actually be the case. They may just not be able to get themselves motivated to do physical activity on their own. Maybe, they don’t know which type of physical activity they should be doing. These are just a few reasons why many elderly people aren’t getting enough physical activity. However, there are some things that can be done if this is happening with your elderly loved one.

Altering the Perceptions of Exercise

Many elderly people don’t believe they need to exercise. Why would they? What if they don’t need to lose weight? What if they don’t feel the need to gain muscle like they did when they were younger? While these points are valid, it is still important that your elderly loved one gets regular physical activity.

Physical activity helps to prevent a host of health problems. It also helps to boost mood, help with emotional management, prevent mental health issues, and much more. It is important that you or personal care at home providers try to alter your elderly loved one’s perceptions of exercising if they think negatively of it at this time. If that can be done, they are more likely to start picking up on their physical activity levels.

Encouragement Helps

Your elderly loved one may just need some encouragement to start exercising or moving around more. Maybe, they don’t have to exercise alone. If that is the case, you or a home care provider can be with them while they exercise. You may even want to exercise alongside them.

Even if someone isn’t exercising with your elderly loved one, they may just need some words of encouragement. For instance, if you notice that your elderly loved one went on a walk yesterday and it seemed to boost their mood, you could tell them how much it made you happy to see them happy.

Setting Goals

Another thing that could help your elderly loved one to do more physical activity is helping them to set goals. Sometimes, it can be tough to do things without goals. However, after making an exercise plan or a goal to reach a certain amount of minutes for physical activity each week, it may be easier for your elderly loved one.

Conclusion

These are some of the ways that you can help your elderly loved one to boost their physical activity level. Don’t forget that you can always hire personal care at home providers to help your elderly loved one out with this, too.

If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring Personal Care at Home in Spartanburg, SC, contact Heart of the Carolinas Home Care at 864-991-3116. Providing Home Care Services in Greenville, Simpsonville, Greer, Anderson, Spartanburg, Mauldin, Seneca, Laurens, Charleston, Columbia and the surrounding areas.

Sources

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/promoting-wellness-older-patients

http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dmh/216745_ExerciseforOlderAdultsHealthCareProviderManual.pdf

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Edward Harrison

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Edward Harrison founded the Heart of the Carolinas Homecare in 2007 when he saw there was a need for caregivers that provide non-medical home care services, at a price that most people could afford. It was standard in the industry to require hourly minimums and it was common to be assigned a caregiver, not matched with one based on your individual personal needs. Edward understood that to make a successful relationship between caregiver and client, skills were not enough, personality and compatibility plays as much a role as do skills.

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