Are Your Loved Ones Ready For The Holiday Season

The holidays are a time of year when many families visit their aging loved ones, often seeing them face-to-face for the first time months, perhaps an entire year.

That’s why experts advise families to carefully watch for signs of possible depression or medical issues in older adults during holiday visits, be prepared with an arsenal of spirit-lifting activities and develop a plan of action before heading home.

For many families that are geographically separated from their aging loved ones, the holidays may provide a rare opportunity to look for potential warning signs of depression, or other medical issues. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 15 of every 100 adults over the age of 65 are affected by depression.

The holidays and winter are also an important time for senior flu prevention, as this time marks the start of flu season. It’s also important that other family members do their part to ward off infection so as not to pass any illness along to elderly family members, who are more susceptible.

Healthy for the Holidays” Program BrightStar Care® helps seniors stay healthy for the holidays and beyond. Whether it’s to shoo the flu or beat the holiday blues, our specially trained caregivers led by our Registered Nurse Director of Nursing, can help seniors stay as healthy as possible with our focus on evidence-based best practices in the areas of infection prevention and health and well-being.

Whatever your needs are, our team of professional caregivers are available to provide additional support, from transportation to holiday gatherings and help with decorating and meal prep to help with flu prevention and management and more. Learn more about how we can help you be “Healthy for the Holidays”:

BrightStar Care’s “Healthy for the Holidays” program aims to promote whole-person wellness by focusing on physical as well as emotional health and, specifically, flu prevention and providing additional support to seniors who may have the “holiday blues.”

Contact us to learn more about how we can help in these key areas for the holidays and provide additional support services during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.

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