How Home Care Enables Seniors to Stay Active in Swansea

Why It’s Important for The Elderly to Stay Active

Remaining active is essential at any age, but staying active as we age can help prevent some age-related frailties, such as heart disease and stroke. Everyone should strive to become more active on a regular basis. Indeed, the NHS tells us, “Older adults should do some type of physical activity every day.” It’s important to be cautious if you haven’t been active for quite some time, though, as resuming exercise after a long period of inactivity could present the risk of injury. This is why you should always have a chat with a healthcare professional before embarking on any new activity regime.

Challenges in Swansea Seniors Face to Stay Active

Challenges can include having someone to exercise with, sourcing activity groups and attending locations. Will they have access for mobility aids? Is it expensive? These are all things that can prevent people from being active. Increasing our activity levels doesn’t have to cost money though, it can be as simple as walking around the neighbourhood or doing some light gardening.

Exercising doesn’t just benefit our physical health; it also boosts our mental wellbeing. This is because getting out into nature, breathing fresh air, and spending time in favourite places will boost mood. Exercising will also keep joints supple and muscles used which is key to avoiding problems later on.

How can Home Care in Swansea promote Seniors to Be Active?

Home care differs from residential care in that the carers come to you and support you at home. This boosts your mental wellbeing through remaining in familiar surroundings and your physical wellbeing by having one-to-one, expert care.

Personalised care plans

Your care plan should always be designed around you and your routine, containing information about how you like to live and your preferences in every aspect of your daily life.

Enhanced companionship

Having home care in Swansea means you’ll look forward to seeing your carer’s friendly face every day. This can boost your mood, knowing you’ll have companionship.

Assistance with transport

We offer support both visiting and live-in care in Swansea, and your carer will be able to drive you to appointments and activities or support you to utilise public transport.

Top Places in Swansea for Seniors to Stay Active

The Welsh Government is funding a campaign to get the over-60s to move more easily and remain active. The 60+ Active Leisure Scheme “helps people over 60 to move more”. Delivered by local partners, activities include rock climbing, low-impact aerobics, healthy walks in the community, tai chi, and Nordic walking. Your Helping Hands carer can help you to access these activities online and book via the dedicated website. Other Ageing Well groups offering opportunities for social get-togethers in the Swansea area can be accessed here.

Navigating Home Care in Swansea to Help The Elderly Stay Active

It can be difficult to know where to start when you’re considering home care. How do you know if a company is legitimate and does what they promise to? Or if they are an unscrupulous agency, rather than a company with decades of experience? That’s why you or your loved ones should always come straight to Helping Hands. We’ve been providing the highest standards of care in our customers’ homes since 1989, so you won’t find a better-placed or more experienced private care company. We have branches across the whole of Wales and England and the Care Inspectorate Wales and the CQC fully regulate us. This means that you’ll only ever get exceptional care from us in the home you love, delivered by amazing carers who go above and beyond to make sure their customers live well.
Have a chat with your local Swansea care team or our centralised customer care advisors to discover how we could be supporting you at home.