{"id":2499,"date":"2021-01-28T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guardianpharmacy.net\/wilmot\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:38:01","slug":"covid-19-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/2021\/01\/28\/covid-19-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to MedicareAdvantage, adults aged 65 and older make up a vulnerable population in the United States that face heightened mental health risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, senior citizens are more likely to have chronic health issues and isolated living conditions, which can add tremendous amounts of stress during these uncertain times.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, older adults may be feeling lonelier, anxious, angry, depressed or sad than usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardianpharmacy.net\/salibas\/files\/2021\/01\/Salibas-Coping-with-trauma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3722\" src=\"http:\/\/guardianpharmacy.net\/salibas\/files\/2021\/01\/Salibas-Coping-with-trauma-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardianpharmacy.net\/salibas\/files\/2021\/01\/Salibas-Coping-with-trauma.pdf\">Click here for a PDF outlining skills for coping with a disaster or traumatic event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MedicareAdvantage, the CDC and SAMHSA offer some great resources and information on managing mental health during this particularly stressful time.<\/p>\n<p>Additional resources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicareadvantage.com\/resources\/senior-guide-to-mental-health-during-covid-19\"><strong>Senior Guide to Mental Health During COVID-19<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/coping\/selfcare.asp\"><strong>CDC Taking Care of Your Emotional Heath<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prepare\/managing-stress-anxiety.html\"><strong>CDC Managing Stress and Anxiety<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.samhsa.gov\/product\/Taking-Care-of-Your-Behavioral-Health-Tips-for-Social-Distancing-Quarantine-and-Isolation-During-an-Infectious-Disease-Outbreak\/PEP20-01-01-007\"><strong>SAMHSA Taking Care of your Behavioral Health<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to MedicareAdvantage, adults aged 65 and older make up a vulnerable population in the United States that face heightened mental health risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpautop","category-4","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianpharmacy.com\/arizona-tucson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}