Mental health is just as important as physical health for people of all ages. For seniors, the risk of having mental health issues increases, especially when you consider the risk of depression. For those who rely on senior care in one form or another, depression can be easy to slip into. Recognizing the signs that an elderly individual may be depressed can be difficult, especially if you don’t spend a lot of time with the person. That’s why, when your elderly loved one has senior health care services coming to his or her home, you should make a point of talking to them about the potential that your loved one…

Jack did not agree with his two sisters when they started talking about hiring senior care for their mother.  She had been living alone for a long time, but his sisters Megan and Tricia noticed that she wasn’t dealing with things the way she used to.  She was forgetting simple things and it seemed as though her clothing was dirty, and her skin was sallow.  In a nutshell, it appeared that she wasn’t eating well, and couldn’t even do the laundry anymore, even though she said she was fine. Jack didn’t live, as close to his mother as either of his sisters, so he hadn’t been to visit with his…