NEW! MENTAL HELP GUIDES AND VIDEO FOR OLDER ADULTS Click on cover to download guide you want or see below for video
or for hard copies of materials
A guide for older adults. This guide will help
older adults identify how they have been feeling and
decide if there are parts of their lives that they can
feel better about. It gives information on what they
can do to take control and take steps to feel better.
A guide for professional caregivers. This guide
is geared to those who provide care for older adults
to inform them about some of the emotional issues older
people experience and what they can do to help the older
adults take steps to feel better.
Usted Nunca es Muy Viejo para Sentirse Bien
- Una Guía para la Persona Mayor. Esta guía le ayudara
a la persona mayor identificar como se ha estado sintiendo
y decidir si hay partes de su vida con que se puede
sentir mejor. Da información acerca de lo que puede
hacer para tomar control y pasos que puede seguir para
sentirse bien.
Video. This short (10 minute)
video presents three scenarios of older adults
talking about their feelings with a professional
and getting some ideas about what they can do
to feel better. Video is available in Windows
Media and Quicktime formats. This link
will bring you to a page with different viewing
options.
To order hard
copies of the guides or video: All the
materials are available for free. However
there is a small charge to cover shipping and handling.
Each guide is $.50. The video is $5.00
for each DVD or VHS video cassette. Please send
your request specifying quantity and title (and
DVD or VHS for videos), with a check made out to
LTCCC to: LTCCC Guides, 242 West 30th Street, Suite
306, New York, NY 10001.
Anxiety, depression and other mental health issues can occur
throughout a person's life. However, both their appearance
and treatment take on distinct characteristics with the elderly.
Many seniors are faced with significant changes, such as major
losses and bereavement, diminishment of abilities, threats
to their independent functioning and loneliness or increased
isolation. In the past older people often did not go for help
when they were feeling nervous, sad or anxious. Many of them
felt it was better to keep "a stiff upper lip." But that has
changed. Nowadays, many older adults are taking control of
their care and taking steps to feel better and lead happier
lives.
