Arthritis flares are something your senior might experience periodically. Arthritis pain can ebb and flow. When your senior’s pain is markedly worse than usual, that’s a flare. There are some things you can start doing now to help reduce those flares and their frequency.
Work Out a Plan with Her Doctor
Your senior’s doctor can give you and her a plan for dealing with her arthritis on a regular basis. That plan is going to include all of the various things that she can do to reduce the impact arthritis has on her life. She may need to make some changes to activity levels or to what she’s eating.
She may also have some other recommendations for medications or supplements to try. The most thorough plan is going to cover as many bases as possible for your senior.
Pay Close Attention to Her Diet
The important part of your senior’s plan for managing arthritis may have more to do with what she’s eating than either of you might think. Some of the foods that she eats can aggravate inflammation, which is at the heart of arthritis. Tracking what your senior is eating and how she feels hours and even days later can help you to figure out which foods in particular affect her the most.
Decide What Your Senior Can Do to Stay Active
What does your senior enjoy doing for movement and to stay active? If she’s been dealing with arthritis for a while, she may have given up on being active due to pain. But the thing is that moving a little more regularly can actually be helpful for arthritis pain. Work with your senior’s doctor to determine what she can and should do in order to be more active without doing too much.
Stress Management Is Important
If your elderly family member is under a lot of stress, then managing that is going to be important, too. Stress takes a toll on overall health and well-being, so the more that you do to mitigate those stressors, the better for your senior. Journaling, meditating, and focusing on gratitude are just a few ways that your senior can start out lowering her stress levels.
Keeping up with daily tasks may be a little more than your senior feels up for when she’s dealing with a lot of arthritis pain. Having elderly care providers to help can make a huge difference.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering elderly care in Modesto, CA, please contact the caring staff at Provident Care Home Care today at (209) 578-1210.
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