Divorce can sometimes involve as much pain as the grief of losing a loved one. If this describes your experience, here are some tips on ways to speed up your healing.First things first, forgive yourself. It is hard to rebuild your life if you are unable to move past the mistakes you made, if any, that may have contributed to or resulted in the divorce. Forgiving yourself may mean getting past...
Distinctly different from the mild forgetfulness normally observed in older people, Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease of the brain from which, at this time, there is no recovery. The disease slowly and irreversibly attacks nerve cells in all parts of the cortex of the brain, as well as some surrounding structures. Alzheimer's disease affects a person's memory, language, motor skills...
When a family member is depressed, his or her illness affects every other member. Seeing a loved one in pain is always difficult and being with someone who is depressed is stressful because of his or her lack of motivation and inability to communicate or care for him/herself. Family members and caregivers have to make adjustments in their daily lives. It's important for family members and...
When Jerry, age 71, came home from the drug store with his latest medication, he placed all his pill bottles on the kitchen counter and counted them. “I take seven different medications,” he said to his wife. “We need a system. We need to know what medicines we have, what they’re for, and when we should take them.” Modern medicine has made our lives better in many ways. It has helped older adults...
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