Have you ever heard of sauna bathing? If not, you should learn more about this. It is a type of heat therapy that can provide many health benefits for your elderly loved one. The benefits you read about here today are just the beginning of how sauna bathing can help. Once you read these benefits, you should share them with your elderly loved one. If they are willing, then you or elder care providers should get them scheduled and take them to this type of therapy.

Increasing Blood Flow

Research shows that when a person’s brain isn’t getting enough oxygen, damage occurs. This damage can lead to issues processing information, thinking, and concentrating. It can also cause elderly people to have difficulties recalling memories and forming new memories. Sauna bathing can help regulate your elderly loved one’s temperature. When this happens, blood is able to flow properly through their body. This can help reduce the risk of blood clots and blockages. When this happens, oxygenated blood can get to their brain and help with their memory, thinking, and concentration.

Relieving Stress

Does your elderly loved one feel stressed often? If they do, there are many natural therapies that can help to lower their stress. One of these therapies is sauna bathing. Research shows that sauna bathing helps relax the person’s body. It helps the body to release endorphins, so the person feels calmer and happier, as well. If your elderly loved one needs some help in relieving their stress, you or one of their elder care aides should take them to sauna bathing appointments.

Promoting Better Sleep

Has your elderly loved one struggled with their sleep? Maybe they aren’t able to fall asleep for hours after they lay their head on the pillow. Your elderly loved one might wake up shortly after they fall asleep and have trouble going back to sleep. Maybe your elderly loved one wakes up earlier in the morning than they would like. Sauna bathing can help your elderly loved one to fall asleep better and stay in a deeper sleep for longer. The way that this works is that sauna bathing lowers body temperatures. This makes a person feel more relaxed. Relaxation is needed for better sleep.

Sauna Bathing and Elder Care Assistance

If your elderly loved one has been experiencing issues with their sleep, stress levels, memory, thinking, or concentration, sauna bathing can help with all these things. You or elder care providers should get your elderly loved one set up with regular sauna bathing appointments.

Source:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30077204/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20postulated%20that,lowering%20of%20systemic%20blood%20pressure.

If you or a loved one are considering Elder Care Services in South Hills PA, please call and talk to the caring staff at Extended Family Care of Pittsburgh at (412) 693-6009. We will answer all of your questions.

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Stephen Sternbach

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With over 35 years of experience, Stephen Sternbach has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Extended Family Care Services since 1987. After the sale of the New York and New Jersey operations of Extended Family Care Services, Sternbach brought the company private where he remains President and CEO of this 40-million dollar company. With Sternbach at the helm, Extended Family Care Services employs more than 650 employees, in six offices throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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