Stress Affects All Ages: Facts to Know for Stress Awareness Month
What do you know about stress? During Stress Awareness Month, learn more about stress. Find out how it can impact you and your parents at any age.
Some Stress is Good
Elderly Care Dr. Phillips,, FL: Stress Awareness
You do need to feel stress. It’s essential for the “fight or flight response.” If you’re in danger or there’s a threat heading your way, your body needs stress hormones to kick you into a fast response to that danger. If you’re walking down the road and a dog runs at you, you need to be ready to respond.
Excessive Stress Doesn’t Just Go Away
When you’re stressed and do nothing to change it, it doesn’t just go away on its own. Stress can build up and trigger anxiety attacks, insomnia, muscle tension, headaches, and other troubling ailments.
The best thing to do is talk to a doctor about stress management and therapeutic measures. You may need to try different approaches to find the right treatment plan, but you can’t ignore excessive stress and hope it disappears. It’s won’t.
Stress Affects Everyone Differently
Some people seem able to shrug off stress, but others may find it increases fast. Learning some of your triggers is important. Do you become more tense and anxious on days where you’ve only had a few hours of sleep? Does stress hit hardest when you’ve been ignoring a healthier diet?
Once you know what triggers the greatest amounts of stress, you can learn to manage it through exercise, mediation, positive self-talk, or time off. It is crucial to pair stress management with exercise and a healthy diet.
Too Much Stress Triggers Inflammation
While some stress is good, too much can trigger an inflammatory response in your body. High levels of unmanaged stress increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. It would help you to learn different ways to reduce stress.
Are you experiencing too much stress as a family caregiver? You’re not alone. An AARP study of unpaid caregivers found that 36 percent felt high levels of emotional stress, and 17 percent felt physical stress.
Of those people, family members who felt they had no choice but to provide care were most likely to report feeling high stress levels. Those with a strong support team still felt stress, but it wasn’t as intense.
Make sure you have a supportive team helping you and your parents. If you don’t have other family members or friends to rely on, hire elderly care aides. Elderly care aides help your parents with everything from meals and medications to personal care and ambulation. Call an agency to learn more.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Elderly Care in Dr. Phillips, FL please contact the caring staff at Winter Garden Senior Home Care today. (407) 347-2050
Sources:
https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/ppi/2020/05/full-report-caregiving-in-the-united-states.doi.10.26419-2Fppi.00103.001.pdf
Founder / Owner
Jennifer Talbot is the Co-Owner of Winter Garden Senior Home Care in Winter Garden Florida.The business opened on Plant Street in October of 2007 (formally known as Age Advantage).
Jennifer remains active in the business and enjoys personally meeting with families looking for professional, classy caregivers. She prides herself in taking the time to listen and appreciate the personalities and life experiences of people who wish to “age in place”.Her unique ability to match people with their ideal caregiver, combined with a strong sense of service is what makes her business so successful.
Mrs. Talbot is a current member and past president of the Winter Garden Rotary Club, past president of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, active West Orange Chamber member, Recipient of the “Spirit of West Orange” Award 2017, Past Business Networking International Growth Coordinator, Past Committee member and founder of South Lake’s HINT, sustainer member of the West Orange Junior Service League, past board member for AGED, advisory board member for Elder Advocates, a United States Air Force brat, and proud mother of two college graduates.
Rebecca Lanterman
Owner
Rebecca has worked in the Central Florida medical community for over 10 years.She is a native of Winter Garden, Florida andhas a driving passion to serve our seniors.It has been said that Rebecca never meets a stranger.Her experience has been in Hospice, Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities where she faithfully served as a community liaison helping residents and families understand the myriad of long term care and healthcare options.
Rebecca is the mom of a little guy who is the twinkle of her eye.She can often be heard telling stories of traveling all around the country pulling her camper.To Rebecca, to live life is to touch it and experience it.Growing up in Central Florida afforded her some unique experiences like being a part of the “Magic” at Walt Disney World where she was a Walt Disney World Spirit Ambassador.She feels that this early indoctrination by The Walt Disney Company helped her understand the true value of serving others.To this day, she still has some of that Pixie Dust.Rebecca has also accomplished countless marathons and triathlons. After the sudden loss of her dad, her training partner, in 2012 she stepped away from the sport.But, as time has passed and healing has taken place, she is back to pursuing their dreams again.This time, her dad, her trusty training partner is keeping pace in her heart.It is from that willingness and drive that Rebecca has a keen understanding of the arduous and often treacherous course that our families are on.And, she is here to come along beside you and be with you each step, each stride, and each hurdle.It’s the old adage “life is a marathon and not a sprint”.She is here along with the team at Winter Garden Senior Home Care to be a part of your journey.
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