Companion care for seniors through Senior Helpers of West Kentucky provides social interaction, emotional support, and help with everyday tasks so older adults can continue living safely and comfortably at home. By reducing loneliness and encouraging active, engaged living, companion care improves overall well-being while giving families peace of mind.
One thing that seems to be in the air today is that good feelings for other people can be in short supply. Whether it’s arguments shooting back and forth from either side of the political divide, snarky comments on Facebook or Youtube, mean and inflammatory tweets, and news sites about one misery or another happening in the world somewhere, it seems like everything is designed to make us all feel prickly, judgmental, and self-focused.
From political drama, the recent COVID pandemic, rapidly changing technology and norms, and more, there’s no doubt that these modern times can be stressful. For older adults who may have more difficulty navigating news stories and technology like video chatting, the impact can be even worse.
While it is true that muscle mass begin to decline once we reach our early forties, and that by our eighties it’s not uncommon to have lost fifty percent or more of our muscle mass, there are steps that can be taken to prevent this. Even under the circumstances of “healthy aging”, there is still a progressive decline in skeletal muscle quality.
