Knowing thesigns of depressionis important as many overlook it in seniors as just sadness or dementia. Symptoms of depression vary by the individual. Any adult experiencing one or more of the following symptoms for more than two weeks may suffer from depression, according to theN...
It’s all ___ one woman who felt helpless in the ___ of her neighbour’s mental illness.Amy Wolff was first inspired to start ___ the encouraging signs after she had a(n)___ discussion with a friend in May 2017. “We were hanging out with friends ___ one of them ___ the...
This is, and has been, the most prevalent symptom since day 1 of the pandemic, occurring in about 88% of people in a report from WHO that tracked 55,924 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China, one of the largest collections to date that reviewed cases of the first, origin...
So, if you suspectdepressionand/or suicidal thoughts, urge your loved one to see his or her physician. You can explain that there are medications that can help lift the dark mood enough to make it easier to find solutions to some of their problems. If they have some tangible problems, he...
So, just what is this illness? The novel coronavirus is a new disease strain in a family of viruses called “coronaviruses,” which were discovered in the late 1960s. They cause everything from mild to severe upper-respiratory tract illnesses (plus a range of other documented symptoms) and...
Shortness of breath Nausea and vomiting Confusion or altered mental state Excessive vaginal bleeding Swelling or pain at the incision site Back pain Bleeding after surgery Whenever a surgeon cuts into the body, the potential for immediate and delayed bleeding exists. When the operation is near compl...
Make sure elderly people understand how to take their medication and can recognize one medicine from another. It may be safest to provide some sort of supervision for seniors in taking medication. Pills can be sorted into small containers and labeled to show the time they are to be taken. So...
The CEO of CanAge, a national seniors advocacy group, states:“On a usual day, one-in-five older Canadians are subject to elder abuse. We are seeing a tenfold increase in elder abuse across the community.” Social isolation puts seniors at risk This increase of abuse may be due to ...
Avoiding Isolation By Volunteering Offers Mental Health Benefits to Seniors More Health News » What are the symptoms of angina? Does it cause pain? Classic angina is described as chest pressure that radiates down the arm, into the neck or jaw and is associated with shortness of breath and ...