How A Shopping Excursion Can Help Senior Citizens

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How A Shopping Excursion Can Help Senior Citizens

• By
• Home Care Assistance Fort Myers

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If you are a caregiver for an older person, you
will be fully aware of how important it is for
them to have exercise on a regular basis.
Maintaining the correct levels of physical and
mental health is essential to helping the
individual to enjoy the highest quality of life
possible during their later years. Contrary to
popular opinion, helping older citizens to stay
physically and mentally fit actually doesnt have
to be art thing to do. You wont have to pack
each and every day full of out-
-ings, games, crafts and specialized exercise
routines. Jobs that are already part of your
schedule can be utilized to allow senior citizens
to get active and find a greater sense of
purpose. Recent studies have indicated that
senior citizens who go shopping regularly are 30
percent less likely to die at the average age
than those who do not shop often. There are a
multitude of benefits that senior citizens can
reap from shopping frequently, either with
children or with a care aide. A few have been
listed below.
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• Mental stimulation. The action of shopping offers
  an opportunity for the use of critical thinking
  skills, memory skills and cognitive procession
  skills. In addition, the senior citizens under
  your care will receive considerable amounts of
  sensory stimulation from the vast variety of
  colors, sounds, patterns, smells and tastes as
  they go through a variety of stores.

Physical stimulation. Shopping usually involves a
significant amount of leg exercise, which helps
to enhance circulation. Also, if the individuals
under your care are having a good time talking
with you, looking at products for sale that they
are interested in purchasing and experiencing the
thrill of being out and about that they wont
even know that they are exercising.
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• Social stimulation. Keeping a sense of social
  stimulation is important for older citizens are
  important to keep them emotionally and mentally
  healthy. Taking your charges out on shopping
  excursions with you will allow them to interact
  with you in a way other than as a caretaker. In
  addition, they will have the chance to talk to
  cashiers, fellow shoppers and friends they may
  meet while they are out. Being around a variety
  of people supports mental and emotional health,
  reduces feeling of loneliness or isolation and
  makes the individual feel more a part of the
  community.

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• Most likely, you will have shopping excursions
  that you wont want to take company on. If this
  should occur, you could always take your charges
  out window shopping. This is a great way to start
  conversations and to help the individual feel
  important. In addition, you can break up large
  shopping trips, such as holiday shopping, into
  several trips to create more occasions for your
  loved ones.

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Contact us

• Home Care Assistance is the most renowned name in
  the industry of Home Care. We are a dedicated
  team, focused on providing the best and finest
  Caregiving options to the seniors of Fort Myers.
  For more information, contact us at (239)
  449-4701.
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