Does your elderly loved one complain about always being tired? While fatigue can be caused by many health conditions, it can also be brought on by lifestyle choices that drain a person’s energy. Many choices that a person may make to give them energy end up reducing their overall energy and they never make the correlation. Lifestyle changes can also be tough when a person tries to do them alone. Having a support person on hand, such as a 24-hour home care aide for assistance and encouragement can make a change more likely to occur.
Lifestyle Changes Can Be Difficult
If your loved one has seen her physician and determined that her fatigue is not caused by a health condition, it could be caused by the way she lives. Some people may have a tough time changing a lifetime of habits and proclivities. Even when they know those changes will make their lives better in some aspect, it can be difficult to change.
One reason changing a lifestyle is tough is comfort. While an activity (or lack of activity) may not be healthy, it can still provide immediate comfort such as eating a large ice cream sundae. Everyone knows it’s not healthy, but at the moment, it provides comfort and joy so the long-term consequence is overlooked. That’s okay occasionally, but a lifetime of repeating that behavior can result in negative consequences.
24-Hour Home Care Teams Provide Needed Support
To increase your loved one’s energy levels and reduce fatigue, there are six lifestyle habits she can work on adjusting so that her energy levels return to where they should be.
Poor eating habits. Consistently eating foods that are unhealthy can drain the body’s energy. A 24-hour home team can step in by preparing meals and snacks that will help increase your loved one’s energy levels.
Poor sleeping habits. A bad night’s sleep once in a while will make a person tired but probably not consistently tired. But if your loved one has bad sleeping habits such as staying up too late, taking too long of naps during the day, or sleeping poorly, a 24-hour home team can help your loved one sleep better but prompting good habits both during the day and night that will help her sleep better.
Drinking too much caffeine. Many people equate drinking caffeine to getting the energy they need but don’t realize that too much caffeine ends up reducing the energy a person needs and causes them to become easily fatigued. It can also make going to sleep difficult. Your loved one may need to stop drinking caffeinated drinks at night if sleep is an issue.
Feeling bored. If your loved one is bored all day, she might feel her energy being sapped out of her body. Keeping the mind busy helps the body generate the energy it needs. A 24-hour home care team can interact with your loved one in all of the activities that she loves so that she has companionship to keep her engaged.
Lack of activity. Regular exercise will help increase energy, even if it’s a simple walk outside or at the local gym each day.
Doing too much. On the flip side of no activity, is being overwhelmed by too many physical chores. A 24-hour home team can help your loved one with home chores that are too tiring for her so she can save her energy for other activities.
If you or an aging loved one are considering 24-Hour Home Care Services in Wellesley MA, please get in touch with the caring staff at Care Resolutions, Inc. today. (508) 906-5572
CARE Resolutions, Inc. provides quality 24-Hour Home Care for seniors and families in Walpole, Dover, Wellesley, Framingham, Norfolk, Quincy, Weston, Medfield, Boston, Sherborn MA, and surrounding areas.
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