The geriatric counselor provides counseling for the mental health of older people to cope with their physiological and psychological issues.
Physical and cognitive limitations sometimes make everyday life challenging for older adults. Especially being independent for most of their life, they find difficult to dependent on someone during their older age for day to day activities.
Empathetic listening, motivation, acknowledging their emotions by a professional counselor assures them to have a positive outlook for life. The caretakers also need counseling as they get burn out and get exhausted handling many things.
Many psychological factors which influence the mental health of older adults are:
Fear of death
Worry about financial insecurity
Loneliness
Being ignored or neglected
Memory Loss
Lack of confidence
Dementia
Depression
What does a mind-waves counselor do?
/Visiting in-patient clients in clinics /
/Caring and being empathetic to understand their emotional conditions /
/Acknowledge and validate their feelings /
/Improving their confidence through motivation /
/Providing mind stimulating activities to improve their cognitive function /
/Audio and video call to provide emotional support /
