Senior Health Archives - Home Care in Broward County Reliable, Family Centered, Supportive Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:16:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://happymtnhomecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-Happy-Mountain-Home-Care-Logo-color-1-32x32.png Senior Health Archives - Home Care in Broward County 32 32 Can Having a Pet Help Memory? https://happymtnhomecare.com/pet-ownership-and-memory https://happymtnhomecare.com/pet-ownership-and-memory#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:30 +0000 https://happymtnhomecare.com/?p=3500269 If you ever flipped a cassette with a pencil or blew dust out of a Nintendo cartridge, you know that memory isn’t just what’s stored. It’s also what’s retrieved. For many Gen X and Boomer adults, our most reliable “retrieval cue” has four legs and a tail. A dog that expects the 6 a.m. walk, […]

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]]> https://happymtnhomecare.com/pet-ownership-and-memory/feed 0 Falls Prevention Awareness Week (Sept 22–26): A Practical Guide That Works https://happymtnhomecare.com/falls-prevention-awareness-week2025 https://happymtnhomecare.com/falls-prevention-awareness-week2025#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:03:35 +0000 https://happymtnhomecare.com/?p=3500217 If you grew up adjusting rabbit-ear antennas or remember the thunk of a VCR tape snapping into place, you already understand something essential about safety: small, steady fixes prevent big problems. That same wisdom applies to preventing falls which are still one of the most common, costly, and preventable threats to independence as we age. […]

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]]> https://happymtnhomecare.com/falls-prevention-awareness-week2025/feed 0 September Is Healthy Aging Month: It’s The Perfect Time to Reinvent Yourself https://happymtnhomecare.com/september-healthy-aging-month-2025 https://happymtnhomecare.com/september-healthy-aging-month-2025#respond Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:57:46 +0000 https://happymtnhomecare.com/?p=3500182 Remember the excitement of September when you were younger? The new school supplies, the crisp smell of freshly sharpened pencils, the feeling of starting over with a clean slate. For many Gen Xers and Boomers, September carried the promise of renewal. Today, that same spirit of reinvention is alive in Healthy Aging Month, observed every […]

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]]> https://happymtnhomecare.com/september-healthy-aging-month-2025/feed 0 Shingles & Your Heart: An Unexpected Win https://happymtnhomecare.com/shingles-vacine-heart-benefits https://happymtnhomecare.com/shingles-vacine-heart-benefits#respond Sun, 31 Aug 2025 21:08:04 +0000 https://happymtnhomecare.com/?p=3500163 Remember when you had to tap the side of the TV to fix the picture, or blow on a cassette tape to get your favorite song to play? Small actions made a big difference. Today, a similarly small action, rolling up your sleeve for the shingles vaccine, may do more than prevent a painful rash. […]

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