{"id":1717,"date":"2019-07-08T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T21:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2019-07-08T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T21:50:09","slug":"stay-safe-in-the-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2019\/07\/08\/stay-safe-in-the-summer-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Safe in the Summer Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Older adults are more prone to heat related illnesses due to several factors in the summer months.\u00a0 Existing health conditions and vulnerability to new ones are common in the summer.\u00a0 Several measures can be taken to avoid health related complications which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staying inside during peak hours of the day<\/li>\n<li>Wearing sunglasses to prevent damaging the eyes<\/li>\n<li>Drinking as many as 8 glasses of water a day<\/li>\n<li>Keep the AC &amp;\/or fans going to stay cool<\/li>\n<li>Take frequents breaks during exercise or outside chores<\/li>\n<li>Stay in Touch with family or neighbors in case of needing someone for an emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1720 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-232x300.png\" alt=\"Safety tips for seniors\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-375x485.png 375w, https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1-750x971.png 750w, https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/files\/2019\/07\/Summer-Tips-for-Senior-Adults-1.png 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Older adults are more prone to heat related illnesses due to several factors in the summer months.\u00a0 Existing health conditions and vulnerability to new ones are common in the summer.\u00a0 Several measures can be taken to avoid health related complications which include: Staying inside during peak hours of the day Wearing sunglasses to prevent damaging&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2019\/07\/08\/stay-safe-in-the-summer-heat\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}