Legacy Living Memory Care

The pumpkins are carved, ghosts are seen, the hour is here, Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

We're wishing all our family and friends a Happy Halloween from Legacy MemoryCare!

We turned our Zumba with Brenda pink this week to support Breast Cancer Awareness!💗

We love Brenda's high energry music that gets us up, movin' and groovin'! 🎶💃

How many of us actually thought about the health of our lungs before the pandemic?!

But now, with scenes of once healthy people on ventilators and long haul COVID still a reality, this month's National Healthy Lung Month is one more reason to be grateful for the ability to take a deep breath.

Besides exercise and no smoking, diaphragmatic breathing helps us maintain and increase lung capacity. It's also great for taking a moment to pause and clear your head. Here's how according to the COPD Foundation 👇

🌀Relax your shoulders and sit back or lie down.
🌀Place one hand on your belly and one on your chest.
🌀Inhale through your nose for two seconds, feeling the air move into your abdomen and feeling your stomach move out. Your stomach should move more than your chest does.
🌀Breathe out for two seconds through pursed lips while pressing on your abdomen.
🌀Repeat.

There's never a dull day at Legacy Living Memory Care! We are constantly finding new ways to have a ball! 🤩

📚 Studies consistently show that a significant number of people have problems reading, understanding, and acting on health information. This impacts personal health and healthcare resources.

🗂 Personal health literacy is when individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services for health-related decisions for themselves and others.

Our staff at Legacy Living Memory Care is here to help you with any questions along the way.

Our cooking club got busy and made some homemade biscuits! 😋

Our respiratory therapists have powered through the last few years of the pandemic with tremendous strength and resilience. They are still on the frontline through any situation, dedicating every breath to be the breath of life for other We cannot thank you enough for that and for your courage.

⬇️ Here's some tips on how you can keep your lungs healthy!

🚬 Don't Smoke
♨️ Avoid Exposure to Indoor Pollutants That Can Damage Your Lungs
💨 Minimize Exposure to Outdoor Air Pollution
😷 Prevent Infection
🩺 Get Regular Check-ups
🏋️‍♀️ Exercise