Approximately 6 million people age 65 and older in the U.S. suffer from depression, according to experts; but it is not a condition that automatically comes along with growing older. Discovery Village retirement community is a good atmosphere for promoting mental health. Among seniors, there is often a stigma attached to mental illness powerful enough…
Mental health concerns across the senior and elderly populations are widely undiagnosed, but with upwards of 7 million seniors reportedly suffering in silence and solitude, it’s time to identify—and take steps to reverse—what appears to be a global mental health epidemic among the senior population. While diagnoses like dementia and Alzheimer’s are consistently at the…
Contrary to popular belief, the No. 1 fear among senior citizens is not loneliness, fear of death, or fear of losing a loved one. It is in fact, the degradation of their mental health, according to a recent survey done by CBS News. Some 28% of seniors worry about the loss of their mind’s sharpness…