Understanding the Connection Between Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
Enduring a heart attack changes life instantly. What seemed important before the health crisis suddenly shifts, as the main priority becomes helping the weakened heart to heal. Life is then filled with adjusting to new medications, implementing dietary changes and an exercise regimen, following up with medical appointments and tests, all focused on ensuring optimal […]
Top Tips to Help Seniors Overcome the Inability to Feel Pleasure in Day-to-Day Living
Following the eventfulness of the holiday season, it’s not unusual for the winter doldrums to emerge. Yet what might appear at first to be a little bit of boredom could in reality be something more serious that needs to be addressed. Anhedonia, is the inability to feel pleasure or enjoy once loved activities and a […]
Noticing and Treating Depression in Senior Adults
After spending time with relatives and revisiting beloved traditions and memories throughout the holiday season, it’s common for a feeling of nostalgia and sadness to set in for older adults. Even though some extent of temporary post-holiday sadness can be anticipated, it is essential to be aware that it can grow into depression. Depression is […]