Minneapolis Therapy & Marriage Counseling

Ayd and Cavanagh Psychological Services
4004  24th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-229-1234

CARING FOR SENIORS

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.

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.

CARING FOR CARE GIVERS

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.

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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