Mental Health Among Seniors: Strategies for Creating an Emotionally Supportive Environment May is Mental Health Awareness Month The elderly population in the US encounters various challenges in maintaining their mental health and wellbeing. Sadly, mental health problems like loneliness, depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline are often disregarded and ignored. Many seniors struggle with such [...]
Mental Illness : A Burden in Seniors and How We Can Help Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 3 - 9 Mental impairment can be a difficult subject to approach. It's natural for people to worry about their mental health as they age, especially considering that many of the symptoms are similar to those seen in dementia [...]
The Benefits of In-Home Care for Seniors' Mental Health Caring for a senior loved one can be both rewarding and challenging. Often, the most difficult part of caregiving is ensuring that your loved one receives the mental health support they need. In-home care can be a great way to provide this necessary support – here [...]
Mental Illness : A Challenge For Seniors and How You Can Help Mental impairment can be a difficult subject to approach. It's natural for people to worry about their mental health as they age, especially considering that many of the symptoms are similar to those seen in dementia and Alzheimer's disease. However, it is important [...]
Top 3 Issues Facing Seniors Today It's no secret that there are plenty of issues in today’s world. Between a worldwide pandemic, civil unrest, global warming, salmonella outbreaks...I mean, if you watch the news it makes you want to crawl into a hole and hide. For seniors, there are issues that affect them in a [...]
What Could Be the Biggest Threat to Aging Parents Right Now? Everyone is still talking about COVID-19. While states are beginning to relax restrictions, more businesses are opening up, restaurants are allowing diners back inside, and folks are able to get their hair cut and their nails done. At the same time, it's raising questions [...]
ADD: Not Just for Kids ADD and ADHD have pretty much always been thought to be disorders that affect kids. While the majority of those affected are kids (just over 9% have been diagnosed with ADHD), about half of that number of adults have also been diagnosed (just under 4.5%). This appears to be partly [...]
