As we get older, the possibility of leaving our home becomes more of a reality, and the stress of that consideration can be overwhelming. No one wants to leave their comfortable environment, but if you or your loved one is unable to take care of themselves in their daily routine at home, there may be an alternative Freedom Home Care can offer to keep you in your home safely. Home modification is essentially a simple idea. The home you live in is evaluated and modified in order to make it a safer and easier place to live and maneuver through.
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Archives for Healthy Living
Healthy Holiday Cookie Tips Offer Big Flavor and Low Calories
The holidays have arrived, and with the holiday season here it can be easy to get bombarded with an abundance of sweets, fancy dinners, and desserts. If you’re not careful it can be easy to add on some extra pounds during this year, but we here at Freedom Home Care have a few healthy holiday cookie tips to help you enjoy the season’s sweets while still maintaining a good diet. Simply by altering some of your favorite recipes, you can enjoy your seasonal favorites without the guilt! Whether its substituting ingredients or altering portion size, you can still feel like you/re
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Make it a Healthy New Year for 2015 with these 9 Realistic Resolutions
2015 is almost here, and now is a great time to start off on the right foot by setting some healthy (and attainable) goals for yourself. While about 75% of people tend to stick to their new year’s resolutions for at least a week, less than half are still on track with their goals six months later. At Freedom Home Care, we encourage you to try at least one of these resolutions for 2015, and make it a healthy new year! 1. Lose weight- the healthy way. First, it’s important to remind yourself that you can’t expect overnight success. Stay
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Winter Safety Tips
Fall is quickly fading into winter, and as the temperatures drop it’s easy to catch yourself unprepared. You can get ready for the weather ahead and keep safe and warm by following a few easy steps. When outside, exposed areas – including your ears, nose as well as fingers – are at high risk for frostbite after as little as 10 to 15 minutes in sub-freezing temperatures. This risk is increased for the elderly. Keep these winter safety tips in mind. Plan ahead. Check the weather reports and dress accordingly. Keeping warm is important, especially to areas like your lower
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Interview with Connie Branstrom, Healthcare Outreach Coordinator for Brandel Health & Rehab at Covenant Village of Northbrook
Did you know? Your knees and hips are your largest joints. They support the majority of your body’s weight and must work together to provide the mobility most people take for granted, until injury, arthritis, or other problems interfere. Depending on the cause of your pain, the resolution will vary. For some, it might be a set of exercises, pain relief medication, minor surgery, or some combination of these. But for many people, knee and hip problems become so troubling that the best solution is to replace a worn-out knee or hip with a mechanical joint. Talk with your doctor to find
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The Power of Our Breath: Lecture by Susan Smolin, Registered Yoga Instructor, Breathing & Relaxation Coach
Life begins with our first breath. We breathe in oxygen 10-16 or more times in the first minute of our life. We will take about 100 million breaths, before we take our last. The Power of our Breath is immense. To mind the breath is to make a decision. The second we choose to mind the breath, we have decided that this moment is worthy of our full attention. The instant we do this, we have extricated ourselves from the hold of the past and the pull of the future. We are living life today, not yesterday, not tomorrow. Breath
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What is the Flu? What You Need to Know before Flu Season Hits
What is the Flu? Influenza, also called the “flu,” is a highly contagious respiratory infection. Flu can cause fever, chills, headache, dry cough, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, and muscle aches. Unlike other common respiratory infections such as the common cold, influenza can cause extreme fatigue lasting several days to more than a week. Although nausea, vomiting and diarrhea can sometimes accompany influenza infection, especially in children, gastrointestinal symptoms are rarely prominent. The illness that people often call “stomach flu” is not influenza. Influenza is spread easily from person to person primarily when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
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Freedom Home Care Announces First Annual Senior Health Fair at The Lodge of Northbrook and The Homestead of Morton Grove
Freedom Home Care is excited to announce their first annual Senior Health Fair to take place this fall at their two Wellness Center Locations. The first event will take place on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at The Lodge of Northbrook (2220 Founders Drive Northbrook, IL. 60062) from 11 am-2 pm. The second will be held on Wednesday November 5th, 2014 at Homestead of Morton Grove (6400 Lincoln Ave. Morton Grove, IL. 60053) from 11 am-1 pm. These educational events are meant to provide seniors and their families with access to all kinds of resources, information, and services to promote happy and healthy living.
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Protect Your Skin This Summer
Summer is right around the corner, bringing with it sunshine, warmth, and fun. Unfortunately, those lovely afternoons outdoors can lead to skin damage, particularly for seniors. Keep your skin healthy and strong with these four tips: 1. Eat more fish. Though you may not think of eating healthy foods as a great way to keep your skin healthy and youthful, it can be a secret weapon to fight skin damage. The omega-3’s that are found in fish and some vegetables will keep skin hydrated by managing the oils naturally produced by your skin. It also acts as an antioxidant, protecting
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May is Better Hearing & Speech Month
May is Better Hearing & Speech Month! Did you know? Only 2 out of 10 people get a hearing test. At Hearing Health Center, we believe that getting an annual hearing check-up is as important as getting your blood pressure and cholesterol checked. Everyone 55 and older should have an annual hearing test as part of their overall wellness exam. You don’t hear with your ears, you hear with your brain! This is why Hearing Health Center takes a medical approach to hearing loss by retraining a specific area in the brain. If this area is deprived of sound, it can
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