GERIATRIC COUNSELLING

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An Overview

We focus on the elderly’s physical and emotional health. We provide different services to elderly to help them live happy, active and independent lives. We specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues that occur more commonly in older patients, such as dementia, Parkinson, depression, anxiety, late life addiction disorders, schizophrenia, obsession etc. We also do assessment of cognitive skills including memory of elderly, schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer and Parkinson disease etc.

Grief over the loss of a spouse or lifelong friends or economic losses
Feelings of isolation, neglect, or lack of purpose
Fears of illness or death of self or family members
Emotional problems related to health concerns (for example, coping with pain or a cancer diagnosis)
Problems coping with changes around them
Issues with reference to will of property
Negative thinking
Stress and anxiety
Low self-esteem and lack of motivation
Depression
Bereavement
Adjustment Problems
Other Mental Health Concerns
Memory Problems, Mild Cognitive Impairment

For physical illness and co-morbidity of disease management of physical health by medicines and by Geriatric Consultants.

The counselling aims at providing emotional, thinking, life style management including sleep, overcoming thinking. The counselling sessions also aim at retirement planning.

We also provide Caregiver counselling like spouse, parent, or family member to better manage themselves. The sessions aim at providing effective tips and techniques to manage care of elderly having mania, depression, dementia, Parkinson etc. This includes activities planning & execution, effective communication, behaviour modification to improve quality of life.

We also provide family counselling for better management of elderly as there are often conflicts in approach to care of elderly amongst family member.