Cultivating or caring for your garden is a great activity for all of us. It’s fun, gives us purpose, gives us a sense of achievement and even has some health benefits. Studies have shown that gardening can lower levels of cortisol and help to alleviate stress levels, even reduce high blood pressure.
Additionally, the benefits of being out in the sunshine and fresh air and creating a beautiful space to rest, relax will help bring enjoyment, a sense of reward and a reduction in anxiety.
Gardening for the senior generation is moderate form of exercise and can count towards the recommended exercise per day which can help prevent risk of heart attacks and strokes, plus being outside can increase vitamin D levels, which has also been known to help reduce the risk of heart disease.
Other benefits of gardening include increasing mobility, boosting brain health by engaging in critical functions like dexterity, problem solving, endurance and sensory awareness.
With the potential risks of gardening like falls, overheating, aches and pains or not being able to bend down or get back up, that is where Sansum Cares come in. We can assist you with your gardening and take care of the bits you just can’t do. Making it a pleasurable experience all the while having company in your own garden.
