By Jenny Gold KHN Staff Writer APR 27, 2012 This story was produced in collaboration with COLUMBUS, OHIO – Even before the hospital bills started coming, Lori Duff and her family [...]
Putting Home Care in New York City in Perspective The Evolution of Home Care In the first century of our country’s history there was no such thing as nursing homes [...]
NorthStar Care and Guidance, LLC Press Release NorthStar Care and Guidance, LLC To Provide On-Site Psychotherapy in ALF’s at NO-COST to Facility. NYC & Northern NJ – August 27, 2010 - NorthStar [...]
A new questionnaire and measurement scale to evaluate anxiety may be welcomed by the growing number of senior citizens concerned about the disorder because of the simplicity and rapid results determination using these tools. Anxiety becomes more common as we get older, according to the American Geriatrics Society Foundation, because medical, psychological, and social problems tend to build up.
Grief — feeling sad, weepy, temporarily at sea — is different from clinical depression, it’s important to recognize. Grief is a normal response to loss; depression is an illness that’s usually treatable, both in young people and old ones. Symptoms that persist — like appetite loss, sleep problems, loss of interest in normal activities, thoughts of suicide and, in older people, confusion or agitation — are red flags that signal the need for a medical evaluation.
It sounds cold and unfeeling to some. But, it’s a legitimate question. It pushes at many of our predispositions and prejudices in regard to the elderly. Moreover, there’s rationale in the question. After all, when someone loses cognitive abilities for language and reason, just exactly what can the couch offer?
In the 11/21/08 edition of the New York Times Jack Healy wrote an article1s entitled “Unable to Sell Homes, Elderly Forgo Move To Assisted Living.” In it he cites the [...]