Tips for a Healthier Brain in the Elderly Years

As people age, their brain takes a hit. This is part of the normal aging process. Some people experience cognitive decline faster than others. However, if you are caring for an elderly loved one, you and their senior care providers should know there are some tips for a healthier brain in the elderly years. You and their senior care providers can help them to slow down cognitive decline in your elderly loved one.

 

Senior Care in Glenolden PA: Senior Brain Health

Getting Quality Sleep

Elderly adults should be getting at least 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night. If your elderly loved one isn’t getting quality sleep and enough hours each night, they might experience cognitive decline quicker than others. Help them to get better quality sleep. Talk to their doctor if need be about ways to help your loved one sleep better. It should be noted that getting fewer than 7 hours of sleep every night can increase the risk of dementia.

Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is another way that you and your loved one’s senior care providers can help to improve their brain health over the years. Research shows that a healthy diet can help to improve the functioning of heart health, brain health, and overall physical health. Your loved one should be getting enough minerals and vitamins in their diet every single day. Make sure when you or the senior care provider goes shopping for your loved one that you get lean meats, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods.

Exercising Regularly

You should also make sure that your elderly loved one is exercising regularly, as well. Regular exercise has shown to help improve mental health and brain health. Cardio exercises and weightlifting are shown to be the most effective for this purpose. This doesn’t mean your elderly loved one needs to go overboard with their exercise, just to have a balanced exercise routine.

 

These are some of the tips for a healthier brain in elderly adults. If you are helping to care for your elderly loved one, be sure that you help them to follow these tips. They will feel better physically, emotionally, and mentally. There will also be a greater chance that they can fight off cognitive decline and other health issues. If you can’t get your elderly loved one to do these things, see if their senior care providers can talk them into it. Sometimes elderly adults listen more to a third-party outsider than one of their family members.

 

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Senior Care in Glenolden, PA, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care.
Call today: (484) 206-4544

 

Sources
Nia.nih.gov
Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Health.harvard.edu

Ibrahim & Mariama Suma-Keita