Caregiver Tips Best Foot Care for Loved Ones

Caregiver guide: Care For Elderly Feet

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Health is important at all ages, when it comes to foot care. Be kind to your feet as a mode of mindfulness. When we age foot care helps keep you mobile and pain may be averted. We all want to continue to enjoy our favorite activities. Activities such as, walking, shopping, working in the yard, and staying active require proactive foot care to help minimize problems. Caring for your feet daily may bunions, thickened toenail, avoid blisters, or athlete's foot. Our friends at the "Institute for Preventive Foot Health" share seven things to do every day so we can enjoy healthy aging feet:

1) Wash and thoroughly dry your feet for good hygiene. 2) Wear a fresh clean pair of socks and change them daily. 3) Keep the insides and outsides of your shoes clean. 4) Rotate your shoes — don't wear the same pair two days in a row. 5) Wear properly fitted shoes. 6) Avoid going barefoot particularly in public areas. 7) Inspect your feet for bumps blisters sores cracked skin painful areas and other problems.

Care for your toenails regularly means a trim or file at least every two weeks. Avoiding ingrown nails and other issues can be accomplished by trimming your nails straight across (not curved) and at an adequate length (according to the "American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society").

Golden Girls of Golden Placements wants the best for you and your loved ones. We help you manage resources and takes care of the leg work for finding your best living situation so you can enjoy your best Golden Years. GPS has ideas gathered over years of experience by being Senior Life Specialists. Portland Senior Living and their various options from our Golden Girls specialists are IS NO COST. Community living and finding the right living choice for you or your loved one is important. We help you navigate the details. Here are more resources to help you learn more about our services:

• You can call us today or continue to read more about Long Term Care Planning with our friends at ACL
• Oregon Defines and Describes ADLs for us legally here: Long Term Care
• Golden Placements RESOURCES to find CARE Services
• Quality locations for you Senior Loved One with the Golden Girls
• Senior Living Near Me - Adult Home Placement
• Explore Residential Care Homes for Elderly "near me"

LaVona Tomberlin, Senior Placement Specialist

Tomberlin brings a high level of education and experience to you as your Senior Placement Specialist at GPS. She loves writing about improving the lives of Elderly working in private care and in-home care for over 36 years. Geriatrics, Memory Care. Plus, she holds Master of Psychology Behavioral Health with the goal of advocating for those who needed a voice. Basically, LaVona believes helping the families to make good decisions and to relieve their stress in uncertain times makes life worthwhile!

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