Medscape specialists report anxiety disorders often appear later in life. This disorder ranges from mild to extreme and can interfere with daily function.
Anxiety that shows up later in life is often coined "silent." This just means it's often missed or misdiagnosed. This makes sense because older people usually have medial issues and other mental issues that are front and center.
Late-life anxiety disorders are a "geriatric giant," happening twice as much as dementia and four times more often than issues of depression. Many older people are already overly medicated and to try and prescribe a medication to help with the anxiety may just be adding fuel to the confused fire.
Triggers of increased anxiety are:
*medical issues
*family death
*increased fragility
*no social supports
*poor general health
*constant worry
*the inability to compete tasks
*financial stress
If you are used to taking out the garbage and can no longer remember to take it out, that's a stress and a cause for anxiousness. If you keep forgetting to eat, turn off the stove, or lock your doors at night, that's reason for constant worry and stress. Maybe you are no longer confident in your ability to drive and run errands like you used to do in your younger years?
Life changes and it's important we understand with the aging process there are going to be many tough life lessons. At some point you aren't going to be able to handle everything you used to and this means someone else is going to have to either help you out or take care of it for you.
Professionals from Reuters recommend hiring domestic help to decrease caregiver stress. So you may want to hire a part-time caregiver to assist your aging mother, but also hire a cleaner to take care of the basics, so you don't further stress the caregiver to try and get too much done. Let the caregiver do what they do best and have the rest delegated.
When it comes to bills that's a stress for everyone. By looking into hiring a bill paying service you are eliminating the financial worry associated with monthly bills. Something that can affect an elderly person much more than they care to admit. One more headache crossed off their list that's going to put their brain in a positive light and free up more time for enjoyable social things.
Take action to minimize stress and increase quality time and you know you are headed in the right direction.
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