Early Grief and the Long Goodbye: Grieving Parents Before They Are Gone By: Carol Bradley Bursack Nearly everyone involved in caring for aging loved ones is experiencing grief. Often, however, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]