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Heart Health: Both Physical and Emotional |
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by Rona S. Bartelstone, LCSW, BCD, CMC, C-ASWCMCardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of chronic health concerns for both men and women. It is important to learn about your heart to help prevent and manage your heart disease. By encouraging active participation in healthy lifestyles we can support the people for whom we care. Support for health lifestyles can come from traditional caregiving professionals, such as physicians, homecare workers and care managers. However, family members and other advisors can be supportive, as well. Role modeling healthy lifestyles is something that anyone can do for others. When we observe the people we trust behaving in responsible ways, we are often influenced by that behavior and try to emulate it. We all know that making lifestyle changes can be difficult. It requires a commitment to ourselves. It requires discipline. Mostly, it requires support from the people around us. Healthy emotional coping is another key to heart health. It is widely accepted that negative feelings such as stress, anger and fear can increase the risk of heart disease. Caregiving for someone with a chronic illness is also very stressful – physically, mentally and emotionally. Therefore, it is especially important for people who have stressful lives to learn techniques for self care. Here are some ways to reduce the risk of heart disease and start leading a healthier life. Tips for Changing Lifestyles:
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