Senior Care Services Can Help Manage Your Family Member’s Snoring in Conway, Arkansas
Visiting Angels of Conway, Arkansas’ Senior Care Services Provide the Care Your Family Member Needs
The way a senior sleeps at night, the foods and beverages they consume, or things such as congestion due to allergies are all things that could impact whether they get healthy sleep, including if and how often they snore. While it may be a nuisance to others, snoring can be a symptom of more severe problems. Here are several things to know about how snoring could impact the level of senior care in your life and theirs.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Seniors
Breathing can stop if an airway is blocked when throat muscles ease, a condition called Obstructive Sleep Apnea. It can disrupt restful sleep because the person could be woken up frequently.
- Symptoms include loud snoring, being excessively sleepy during the day, waking up gasping or choking, or noted stops in breathing while sleeping, for example.
- Another kind of sleep disorder is called Central Sleep Apnea when the brain does not send proper signals to muscles controlling breathing during sleep.
- A person can experience both of these problems in a condition called “complex sleep apnea syndrome.”
Contact a medical professional if any of these symptoms occur in the seniors in your life to find out about treatment. Schedule a medical evaluation to find out more.
Senior care assistance from Visiting Angels of Conway, Arkansas
- Assistance from our staff can come in many forms to help your senior get healthy rest at night.
- As part of their senior care duties, staff working in your home can remind them to follow their doctor’s recommendations for a good night’s sleep.
- They can also help better your senior’s lifestyle by preparing healthy meals and encouraging daily exercise.
- Cleaning and correctly using a continuous positive airway pressure device for your loved one is another task staff can help with regularly.
- A senior care professional can even help monitor your loved one if they need surgery to help treat their condition and help them after surgery is complete.
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