Depression rates are high among the elderly and caring for a depressed elderly parent takes a toll on the family. Learn how it affects you and how to ease the burden of caregiving.
This audio podcast-listen from your computer or iPod-on caring for a depressed elderly parent features Gail Hunt, president of the National Alliance of Caregiving and Jane Richardson, who lives with and cares for her 78 year old mother with bipolar disorder.
After hearing the podcast, join the online podcast discussion forum to discuss the topic with others.
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
