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Main | 1137 Lyons Rd Dayton, OH 45458  |  (937) 528-1962  |  North Dayton: ​(937) 203-8366  |

Mason/West Chester | 991 Reading Rd #3, Mason, OH, 45040  |  (513) 273-7056  |

Stay At Home with Compassionate Care

Main | 1137 Lyons Rd Dayton, OH 45458  |  (937) 528-1962  |  North Dayton: ​(937) 203-8366  |

Mason/West Chester | 991 Reading Rd #3, Mason, OH, 45040  |  (513) 273-7056  |

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Senior Care at Home Experts Explain How TIA is Similar to Stroke

Nurse and senior care at home patient holding handsIs your mom or dad a smoker or were they a heavy smoker most of their adult life?  What about drinking?  Not just a glass of wine now and again, but is alcohol part of your parent’s daily beverage of choice?  If you answered yes; your loved one might be at risk for transient ischemic attack, which is like a mini-stroke, otherwise known as TIA.

Senior care at home aides are often asked to check on elderly adults like your mom or dad to take their blood pressure daily.  Your mother or father’s doctor may be concerned that they have high blood pressure that increases their risk for stroke and even with medication stabilization may be difficult.  However, your parent’s blood pressure may fluctuate from elevated in the doctor’s office to lower at home.  This is known as “white coat hypertension” and what that means is that anxiety is the culprit that raises the pressure.  Another duty that senior care at home may provide is support services to help your mom or dad relax through exercise and diet.

 

The risk factors for a TIA included:

  • High cholesterol (often untreated or uncontrolled)
  • Diabetes
  • Smoking (refusing to quite)
  • Obesity
  • Atrial fibrillation

 

Although a TIA is not considered a full-blown stroke, senior care at home providers as well as your mom or dad’s medical team advise this is a serious warning and should not be taken lightly if your parent experiences an episode.  TIA symptoms are temporary. However, stroke symptoms are permanent and result in damage to brain tissue.  Symptoms due to a TIA place, your loved one at risk for a stroke and senior care at home experts in Mason, OH suggest if proactive care can be taken, they will support it.


Main Office | 1137 Lyons Rd Dayton, OH 45458

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Mason Office | 991 Reading Rd., #3, Mason, OH 45040-1360

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