So much about your senior’s life and health can change around her very quickly.
She can find that causing issues with her mental health, too, and if those aren’t addressed, they only become worse. Helping your elderly family member to manage concerns like depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues can take some careful conversations over time. Mental Health Services should be considered to help her through whatever she may need.
Don’t Keep Putting Off the Conversation Even When it’s Difficult
Addressing your senior’s mental health concerns might not be an easy conversation. Many seniors just don’t talk about things like that, and it can be tough to get her to open up. But putting off the conversation isn’t going to help her or you. It’s important to address the concerns that you have gently, but head-on so that you can find solutions.
Help Her to Rethink Getting Help
If getting help is difficult for your senior, she’s not alone. So many aging adults worry that they’re in danger of losing their independence if they reach out for help. There are ways for your senior to get the help that she needs that don’t reduce her independence at all. What you’re trying to help her to do is to preserve her independence for as long as possible.
Don’t Give Your Senior Ultimatums
Most people don’t respond well to ultimatums and odds are that your senior is no different. You might feel that’s the best way to get her to go along with what you want her to try, but it’s important to look at things from her point of view. If she’s still saying no, even to counseling at home, then finding other ways to support her while she rethinks her decision can be important.
Offer Your Senior Options
In terms of mental health troubles, it’s always important for your senior to talk with her doctor. Sometimes mental health conditions are related to physical concerns, which means that they can be treated medically. Many other mental health conditions can be helped with counseling at home through Mental Health Services, which can be a convenient way for your senior to address a variety of concerns. The key is to find as many different options for her as you can.
Remember to do what you can to avoid making decisions for your senior. She needs to stay involved in the process and feel as if you mean it when you tell her that you’re there to support her as she takes charge of her mental health.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Mental Health Services / Counseling at Home in Old Bridge, NJ, please contact the caring staff at Max Health & Wellness today. (732) 576-3550
Beth’s inspired her to always desire great care for seniors and has been working and advocating for seniors since 1988. She earned a degree in Special Education from the Pennsylvania State University and a juris doctorate from Hofstra University. Beth became an elder care attorney to advocate for both the elderly and people living with handicaps before started a home care agency in 2003.
Her passion has always been to ensure that her clients receive better care than her grandparents had, and she works tirelessly to make sure that happens. Her motto and belief has always been and will always be that she (and her staff) will care for your family as we would our own!
For years, Beth has “thought outside the box” and imagined a company that could supplement the in-home care that many seniors need. In-home care provides assistance with the activities of daily living, but many seniors are homebound for a variety of reasons: their physical condition, not being able to drive, mobility concerns, or because they believe that being at home (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic) was the safest place to be.
During the pandemic, Beth made the decision to launch Max Health and Wellness. She envisioned the need to provide additional in-home services to those who need them, specifically therapeutic solutions to create wellness and self-care experiences for seniors and others. These services will range from clinical therapy services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, mental health counselling, non-medical massage therapy and reflexology, nutritional counseling, and at-home salon/spa services such as therapeutic facial and hair styling.
Beth’s goal is that all of the health and wellness services offered by Max Health and Wellness will MAXIMIZE the quality of life and well-being of seniors throughout the state of New Jersey. She looks forward to having you experience our concierge therapeutic services and treatments.
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