As
life expectancy increases, aging becomes a complex and complicated
process that can be daunting to those facing it. At times the
challenges seem insurmountable.
Ayd and Cavanagh believe that
seniors have a right to self-determination and advocate a solution-focused
approach to living a happy and dignified life.
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Janette
Ayd and Molly Cavanagh have been providing seniors and
their families with these skills for many years. They
comprehend the physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual
challenges that are facing senior members of our society.
They also recognize how difficult it is for many people
from the older generation to ask for and accept help.
Obtaining assistance at the optimal time often translates
into successful aging, continued independence, and higher
quality of life.
With the explosion
of baby-boomers moving toward retirement, it is a timely
and needed social service. Janette Ayd, Psy.D., LP
and Molly Cavanagh, MSW, LICSW each have over 25 years
of training and experience in the area of senior mental
health. They understand the needs of seniors and the
complex issues faced in later life.
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CARING FOR
CARE GIVERS
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Ayd
and Cavanagh have many years of personal and professional
experience in the field of caregiving. They intimately
understand the difficulties individuals in such circumstances
experience.
Caregivers
have the strength and ability to attend to others,
but often they become laden with so much responsibility,
they neglect their own needs.
Those
caring for aging parents, spouses, clients, or patients
often experience guilt, depression, anxiety, and resentment.
Yet, they are left to figure out how to cope and deal
with their own emotions.
Caring
professionals are also increasingly more challenged
to do the right thing in a fast paced environment.
The demands exerted upon nurses, mental health clinicians,
and health care workers tax the heartiest and most
empathetic professionals; and the chronic stress even
leads some to leave the field.
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Overwhelmed
by responsibilities, caregivers encounter serious problems
that may render them burned out and ineffective. We are experts
in working with families and professionals who need help dealing
with the stress they encounter on a daily basis. We can help
you find options and solutions to the problems involved in
taking care of loved ones, patients, or clients.
We can help:
· Identify
your own needs
· Set
boundaries and limits
· Identify appropriate resources
· Work
though guilt, anxiety, depression
· Evaluate and find
care management solutions
· Bring balance and perspective
back into your life
STAFF TRAINING & CONSULTANTS
After years of inpatient and outpatient experience in direct
care, administration, therapy, case management and community
mental health, Ayd and Cavanagh are especially versed in guiding
professional health care staff working with the senior population.
With staff time and attention being at a premium, we can help
health care workers deal with the multitude of issues that are
presented to them on a daily basis. We are versed in all the
mental health issues and how they manifest.
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