Mental Health For Seniors During the Pandemic

In early March, and because of COVID-19, thousands of skilled nursing facilities across the nation closed their doors to outside medical staff, including visits from the team of specialists Executive Mental Health (EMH), a geropsychology and neuropsychology practice based in Los Angeles and operating in California and Nevada. EMH’s regular psychotherapy sessions with and neuropsychological assessment of elderly residents, many of them dealing with heightened stress and disorientation due to coronavirus, were abruptly cut off. As a consequence of this policy approach, residents became more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic, e.g., greater risk of onset of depressive, anxious, and trauma-based symptoms. Dr. Ari Kalechstein, CEO of Executive Mental Health guests with Mark Alyn.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/late-night-health-radio--2804369/support.