• Keeping track of your elderly loved one’s blood pressure is essential for lowering it.
• After all, it’s difficult to make improvements to something that can’t be measured.
• Purchase a home blood pressure monitor and use it to collect measures on a daily or weekly basis.
• Keep a journal in which you may write the date and blood pressure measurement so that you can follow changes over the course of time.

How to lower your blood pressure with lifestyle changes?

• When it comes to controlling your high blood pressure, your way of life is critical.
• If you are successful in controlling your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you may be able to prevent, delay, or lessen the need for prescription medication.
• Here are some adjustments you may make in your daily routine to decrease your blood pressure and keep it low.
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Lose any excess weight and keep an eye on your waistline.

Can older adults reduce the number of blood pressure medications they take?

In the OPTIMISE study, researchers found early indications that certain older persons may be able to reduce the amount of blood pressure drugs they use without seeing a significant increase in their blood pressure levels.

What is hypertension in older adults and how is it treated?

Because aging is related with both rises in systolic blood pressure and decreases in diastolic blood pressure, this kind of hypertension is quite frequent in older persons. As you may guess, measuring the blood pressure and pulse of an older person is an important part of optimal blood pressure management.