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Everyone is concerned about the cost of healthcare during our old age. However, did you know that there are a number of steps that you can take to mitigating health care costs in old age? They will also help to ensure that you lead an enjoyable lifestyle during your senior years? There are always healthcare issues that we can’t avoid and have nothing to do with, diet, exercise or lifestyle. Taking these steps can improve the odds of having a healthier life during old age and mitigating healthcare costs during that time frame. Let’s all agree that anytime you can improve your quality of life, why would we not take advantage of these opportunities? This is such an important issue for all baby boomers as we age in place. What are some of the steps that we can take with regard to mitigating healthcare costs in old age?

Mitigating Health Care Costs – Steps

The following are some of the steps that many experts feel will help seniors and really anyone improve their overall health as well as maintaining a healthy lifestyle during your senior retirement years. If you are worried about having sufficient money set aside for your health care costs in your senior years, these are some of the steps you can take to improve your overall health and reduce the amount of health care that will be needed.  Here they are in no particular order:

• Maintain the proper weight for your frame and age.
• Always eat a healthy diet following the national food guide.
• Stop smoking
• If you drink do so in moderation
• If you are overweight now take steps to lose weight and get down to the proper level that you are supposed to be at for your age.
• Exercise on a daily basis, whether it is a walk around the block, the gym or swimming
• Taylor exercises to your capabilities and lifestyle.
• Maintain an excellent circle of friends that you see on a daily basis.
• Build and maintain a healthy social life
• Maintain contact with family and take the time to enjoy every day

While some of these may seem obvious, many of us do not stay focused on all of these issues and let exercise slip for example. In time, poor body fitness will catch up with us and we will pay the consequences with high health care costs. Take the steps now to make sure that this does not happen to you.

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