Monthly Archives: May 2014
Heart and breathing rates, blood pressure and medications to regulate
Aging changes many things. Pulse rates typically remain unchanged during normal situations. However, when an elderly individual exercises, it could take longer for that person’s pulse rate to increase and longer for it to slow and get back to normal … Continue reading
Noticeable changes in body temperature
If you work with the elderly as their caregiver, you know that they always seem to be cold. No matter what time of year it is, they have blankets piled on, heavy sweaters adorning their bodies and the heat is … Continue reading
How does age affect our vital signs
With all of the evident changes that we have designated taking place in our bodies, it is interesting to think how the changes will affect our vital signs. As the NIH website stipulates: Vital signs include body temperature, heart rate (pulse), … Continue reading
A slight bit more about hormones
As I have been specifying over the past few days, hormone levels can potentially change as a person ages. Some hormonal levels decrease, while some increase and others stay unaffected. To review, let’s take a look at what the NIH … Continue reading
Aging changes associated with the reproductive system
As we age, we have discovered that everything from the cellular level up seems to change. This would include the reproductive organs for both males and females thus ovaries (for women that still have them) and male testes. Ovaries are … Continue reading
How does aging affect hormones?
I thought it very interesting when writing an article about dogs, that I learned that when the hypothalamus in our brains is finally completely developed (somewhere about or slightly before we turn 25), it already begins to lose some of … Continue reading
Hormonal Changes
To further the discussion about organs and tissues, caregivers should know that the combination makes up what is called the endocrine system; a system that produces the body’s hormones. Hormones are significant because they are natural chemicals that are produced in … Continue reading
The Aging Theory continued
While I relayed yesterday, aging is complex; arguably a process no one quite agrees upon, but in essence will happen no matter what the professionals believe or do not believe. What they all agree upon is the fact that aging … Continue reading
The Aging Theory
The Aging Theory as designated by the National Institute of Health (NIH), is that no one really knows why our bodies begin to break down as they do. Some believe that it could potentially be injuries due to our exposure … Continue reading
With Age Comes Respect - An Elderly Caregiver's Perspective 