Healthy Living Tips

from the Villa Assisted Living Care Team

Veteran’s Benefits

The Veterans Benefit can help you pay for assisted living care in Corpus Christi. The VA “Aide and Attendance” program provides extra payments to qualified veterans who live in an assisted living community like Villa. You can use the VA payment to cover the cost of rent, meals, and care at Villa, letting you keep more of your own funds for other purposes.

Sleep Time Tips for Seniors

An appropriate amount of sleep is essential for any age group, but especially for seniors. Changes in sleeping patterns can be a part of the aging process. It is recommended that senior citizens get about 7 to 8 hours of sleep daily.

Traditional (original) Medicare Explained

Medicare is the traditional fee-for-service program offered directly through the federal government. Under Original Medicare, the government pays directly for the health care services you receive. Here’s a breakdown of what it covers.

Home Health Explained

Home Health care is defined by Medicare as a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury and to improve and maintain your independence.

How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider: Tips to Improve Communication

Having good communication between you and your healthcare providers is important for your health. Sharing all information with your healthcare provider about your health situation is key to receiving the proper quality of care. The challenge is that most appointments with your healthcare provider are short. Here are a few suggestions to help get the most out of your visits when seeing your healthcare provider.

Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary Tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infection for adults, especially women. It accounts for about 8.1 million visits to primary care providers each year. Having one Urinary tract Infection can increase your chances of another UTI by almost 20%. Being able to identify risk factors, causes, symptoms, and treatment of UTI can reduce the risk of developing a Urinary Tract Infection.

The importance of annual physical exams for seniors

Annual physical exams — even when you feel healthy — are crucial to assessing our risk for future problems, and can encourage a healthier lifestyle, updates any vaccinations and of course, screen for any health issues you may be having at the moment.

Heart Healthy Diet

What is a heart healthy diet?
According to the American heart association following a heart healthy diet and lifestyle can help you fight cardiovascular disease.
The goal of this type of diet is to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol.