Daylight Savings Time (DST)

You just had to once again change our clocks back and we are wondering how you feel about that.

The United States started this after World War 1 in an effort to conserve energy to reduce the need for artificial lighting in the evening.

Conserving energy was and continues to be a good cause but does changing the clocks now still help us towards that goal?

Today we have air conditioners, electronics and other things that use energy that were not available in the early 1900’s.

When you change the clocks in the Fall it’s nice to gain an extra hour of sleep.  

If you are like us however you’ve had a few sleepy days and may have gone to bed a bit earlier than usual.

Now, it gets dark earlier so those who drive end up driving in the dark commuting or running errands.  This can be tricky for some.

Arizona and Hawaii are the only two states that do not use daylight savings time.  If we lived in either place would we even notice?

The good news is that you and I are resilient and our bodies adapt to many changes.  

The changing seasons with winter and cold and snow is an adjustment for many.  Daylight Savings Time seems like a smaller change to our bodies than this.

Private Home Health Care hopes that everyone has adapted to our new schedule with more light in the morning and dark earlier in the day.