January Newsletter: Happy New Year’s From Home Care Plus
Our January newsletter has great tips on how to make and keep your resolutions, healthy meal substitutions, and why you should consider hiring a trustworthy, dependable caregiver to help you balance your family caregiving needs this year. Click here to read our January newsletter!
Diabetes and The Holidays
Living with Diabetes: Satisfying Your Sweet Tooth Halloween is just the first of many “treat” laden holidays coming up in the next few months. Keeping desserts in check this time of year can be difficult for even the strongest willed among us—but for anyone living with diabetes it can be downright dangerous not too. The […]
Take Charge of Your Health!
Do you know what BMI means? How about how many hours of physical activity you should participate in each week? Any idea what the appropriate serving size is for meals? While the answers to these questions are only part of what it means to be healthy, they are critical to your ability to take charge […]
Checking In: Is Mom or Dad Ok on Their Own?
How Do You Decide if Your Aging Parents Are Safe? Whether you live 5 minutes or 50 miles away from your aging parents, it can be difficult to assess how they are doing on their own as they get on in years. You may worry about whether they are able to handle the day-to-day domestic chores […]
Realistic Resolutions Get Results!
If you are already falling off the resolution wagon, chances are you need to look at why you are having trouble keeping your resolutions rather than viewing yourself as a failure. The tips below can help get you back on track. So what is the key to sticking with your New Year’s resolutions? Set specific, […]
Exercise Tips for Those with Diabetes
Choosing the right time of day is key to exercise success, but diabetics have to take other things into consideration to exercise safely. (HealthDay News 2013) — Physical activity can help people with diabetes lose weight and better control their blood sugar, but there’s a right time and place. The U.S. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse […]
Do You Know The Answer to These Common Questions About Breast Cancer?
You probably know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But do you know the answer to these questions about the disease? Click here to put your breast cancer knowledge to the test!
Mt. Pleasant Active Aging Center is Hosting a Lunch & Learn Tomorrow!
The Active Aging Center is dedicated to helping older adults regain their health and strength. The Lunch & Learn is being held from noon-1pm tomorrow, Sept 17th, at the ActiveRx Active Aging Center, 999 Lake Hunter Circle, Suite B in Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 http://www.activerx.com/active-aging-centers/sc/mount-pleasant
Smile, It’s Friday and It’s Good for Your Heart!
Staying positive is linked to a longer life for heart disease patients. The study says there is hope for the grumpy among us as well–more exercise!
Healthy Lifestyle Choices Can Boost Your Brain
Most people know that healthy eating and regular exercise can lower their risk for many health problems such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But what most people don’t realize is that healthful living can help keep their brain young too. You should take the phrase “use it or lose it” to heart when […]