Giving families the means to provide a Positive Care Approach in supporting their loved ones at home
Paloma Seniors Care understands the importance of aging at home. We are compassionate to care partners when their loved ones require additional care needs. As our population ages we provide support and education to families to better understand the challenges associated with aging
Why Recreational Therapy
Why Recreational Therapy
Recreational Therapy is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address and assess needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions. It is as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being.
Recreational therapy interventions can contribute to your senior loved one’s overall health, as well as his or her quality of life
This type of therapy involves the use of leisure activities to help older adults manage serious illnesses. By engaging your loved one in recreational therapy, you can help them stay healthy and active and live a full life at home. Paloma Seniors Care provides services and education to support these goals.
Benefits of Recreation Therapy for Seniors
Enhances Physical Health
Boosts Cognitive Function
Increases Socialization
Manages Stress
Enhances Physical Health
Recreational therapy can help your senior loved one overcome physical challenges due to past injuries or ill health. He or she can participate in activities that can help him or her remain physically fit, and the activities can be customized according to your loved one’s needs and abilities. These activities can increase your loved one’s balance, mobility, agility and joint flexibility.
Boosts Cognitive Function
Recreational therapists work with seniors to restore cognitive functioning, which keeps the mind fit and active. By finding the right set of activities for your aging loved one, a recreational therapist can support brain changes by increasing alertness, enhance problem-solving skills, and keep the brain stimulated.
Increases Socialization
Isolation can lead to depression and loneliness in seniors, which makes them susceptible to various health conditions. Recreational therapy has a variety of social benefits for your aging loved one. By simply showing up and helping out your loved one, recreational therapists offer companionship. Group-related activities can make your loved one feel like part of the community and help build relationships with other people. By reinforcing social interactions developing through leisure activities, your family member can diminish loneliness and depression.
Eliminates Stress
Therapeutic recreation activities can elevate your loved one’s mood and emotional health by eliminating stress. By engaging in meaningful activities, your aging loved one can maintain a sense of purpose in life. Recreational therapy gives your loved one a positive way to manage current health conditions, financial concerns, and other stressors. Whenever your aging loved one becomes overwhelmed, they can use recreational therapy to boost mood and maintain a stronger sense of self instead of stressing about things that cannot be changed.
Enhances Physical Health
Recreational therapy can help your senior loved one overcome physical challenges due to past injuries or ill health. He or she can participate in activities that can help him or her remain physically fit, and the activities can be customized according to your loved one’s needs and abilities. These activities can increase your loved one’s balance, mobility, agility and joint flexibility.
Boosts Cognitive Function
Recreational therapists work with seniors to restore cognitive functioning, which keeps the mind fit and active. By finding the right set of activities for your aging loved one, a recreational therapist can support brain changes by increasing alertness, enhance problem-solving skills, and keep the brain stimulated.
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Increases Socialization
Isolation can lead to depression and loneliness in seniors, which makes them susceptible to various health conditions. Recreational therapy has a variety of social benefits for your aging loved one. By simply showing up and helping out your loved one, recreational therapists offer companionship. Group-related activities can make your loved one feel like part of the community and help build relationships with other people. By reinforcing social interactions developing through leisure activities, your family member can diminish loneliness and depression.
Manages Stress
Therapeutic recreation activities can elevate your loved one’s mood and emotional health by eliminating stress. By engaging in meaningful activities, your aging loved one can maintain a sense of purpose in life. Recreational therapy gives your loved one a positive way to manage current health conditions, financial concerns, and other stressors. Whenever your aging loved one becomes overwhelmed, they can use recreational therapy to boost mood and maintain a stronger sense of self instead of stressing about things that cannot be changed.
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