<a href=”http://www.valleyhelpathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Sitting-Senior.jpg”><img class=”alignleft  wp-image-480″ alt=”Helping Seniors To Walk In East Idaho” src=”http://www.valleyhelpathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Sitting-Senior.jpg” width=”379″ height=”216″ /></a>So it turns out that exercise is just not enough.  Not that the solution is terribly difficult, but in this case, <strong>knowing is way more than half of the battle</strong>.

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong><a href=”http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140220/Sedentary-behavior-may-be-a-risk-factor-for-disability-once-we-reach-our-60s.aspx” target=”_blank”>A recent study</a></strong></span> published in <i>Journal of Physical Activity and Health </i>found that <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>the more time a senior spent sitting</span>, even if they spent time exercising, <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>the more likely the senior’s health would lead to disability</span>.

The likelihood is pretty dramatic – to the tune of <strong>50% more per extra hour sitting</strong>.

Take this example. If two 70 year old men had similar health and exercise profiles, but one sat for 12 hours a day while the other sat for 13, the second man is 50% more likely to be disabled.

Does that mean sitting is dangerous?  What it means is that it is important to get up and move around.  If you want to watch TV, work on the computer, or play games, try to doing so while spending more time standing.  It might seem silly, but it is the difference between health and disability.

Looking for someone to help get you moving in one of Idaho Falls parks?  Wanting to find someone to go walking with your mother around the block in Rexburg?  Hoping you could just get someone to walk with your father in his house in Driggs?  Worried your loved one might be sitting too much at their cabin in Island Park? Wanting to give your wife a little extra walking time in the Ashton Living Center?  <em>1 Assist Care of the Valley: Assisted Living in the Home’s </em>care team members are more than happy to walk with our elderly clients.  Focusing on the emotional, social, and physical well-being of our clients, 1 Assist Care of the Valley’s team members follow care plans generated to help with that well-being while receiving assisted living care in their home.  That could mean a few hours a day or a few hours a week.

Give us a call at <strong>208-557-4215</strong> or fill out the information below to learn more or to <strong>schedule a free home visit</strong>.  We will then work with you to create a care plan to get moving and to help with your other objectives for your well being, or the well being of your loved one.