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 […]

American Heart Month: Foods for a Healthy Heart

There are lots of visual reminders this time of the year that prompt us to think about that exceedingly vital organ that works around the clock to keep us healthy! Store shelves are full of heart-shaped balloons, boxes of candy, and cards. Because it’s also American Heart Month, it’s an ideal time to take steps […]

Home Care Helps Manage Congestive Heart Failure in Seniors

We only have one, and it’s perhaps the most critical organ in the human body – so hearing the news that our heart is “failing” is distressing. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, affects nearly six million people in the U.S. alone, according to research by the CDC. And even though it is a chronic illness, there are […]

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 […]

Heart Health Tips for Seniors During Heart Awareness Month and Beyond

“Your heart is the softest place on earth. Take care of it!” – Nayyirah Waheed You can’t escape them during this time of the year: flaming red heart-shaped balloons, cookies, cakes, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards that grab our attention and encourage us to show those most important to us just how much we […]

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 […]

Heart Attack Recovery Tips to Maximize Quality of Life

After experiencing a heart attack, it’s commonplace to go through a wide range of feelings: relief that the ordeal is over, uncertainty about what could possibly have caused the attack, and anxiety about the potential of it occurring again, just to name a few. The good news is there are actions that heart attack survivors […]

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 […]

Is Your Senior Loved One at Risk for a Heart Attack?

The simple mention of the words “heart attack” can case our hearts to race, and understandably so. A heart attack strikes as many as 750,000 of us in the U.S. each year, and of those, more than 100,000 end in lost life. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of […]