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This year has been very difficult for most. I believe that it began almost the way it will end. High crime rates around the country, very difficult presidency, storm fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and “yes”, many deaths of loved ones.  Many people view the holidays as a festive time for family members to come together, office and job parties, non-stop shopping and seeking out deals such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the media pushing sales, sales, sales, and shop to you drop pitches 24/7.  But do we ever stop and realize the many people that experience depression, anxiety, loneliness and become suicidal over the holidays?   If the answer is “No”. Then you are truly out of tune with reality. Both joy and sadness can come with the holiday season. The holidays is the biggest time that people commit suicide, enter in psychiatric facilities, indulge in drugs and alcohol use more than usual, and a host of many other violent and destructive behaviors including domestic violence.

The use of social media such as Facebook and Instagram gives off the false pretense as you scroll down your feed that everyone is happy and having a grandiose lifestyle.  While one may take notice of a friend’s page looking savvy with pictures and videos with hundreds of likes and comments.  Within days or weeks, that same individual who showcased those beautiful videos and photos is now asking friends and acquaintances to pray for either themselves or a loved one that may have passed away or suffering from an illness.

If you notice that someone is or has been isolating themselves from others, especially if the individual is usually very social, and now you can barely get them out of the house or participate in any social activities whereas they were once a social butter fly, then it should become obvious to you that something is wrong. The fall and winter months tend to bring about depression a little more than the warmer months and the holidays don’t make it any easier. The stigma associated with mental illness should be no more different than that of  a person who is suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes or any other illness that is treated with medication, except when it’s an illness of the mind and the term crazy is associated to mental illness, it prevents people from seeking help. Always keep in mind that holiday blues is not something that just rears its ugly head, but happens due to unresolved issues that magnifies itself around the time when joy and sorrow mixtures into a combustion.  There are online counselors for those that have a hard time going the traditional route.  I also provide counseling for those seeking help for themselves or others.

 

Alzheimer being the sixth leading cause of death in America can be scary if one is unaware  of the early warning signs that can began as early as sixty, attacking  our baby boom generation.  With 75% of caregivers giving care to their loved ones at home, the numbers in caregiver burnout is staggering.  The stress of a caretaker which are mainly women is taking a devastating toll causing stress, depression, and other health ailments to the caretakers while they strive to care for their love ones whom are no longer the person they once were.  Caretakers, usually a wife/husband/ or a child is usually the ones left taking on the physical and psychological task of monitoring and taking on changing of attitudes and behaviors of the individual.

Many caretakers opt out of sending their loved one to a facility for fear that their care would be neglected by professional health care workers. Caretaker burnout is a serious health issues that needs to be addressed and not hidden behind a curtain.  The emotional physical and financial stress alone is too much for the caregiver who suffer in silence and cut back on their own needs in order to care for their love ones. The commitment one makes to care for a spouse or family member is a phenomenal decision but could also work in harmony together as a shared responsibility due to the load it takes for on by one person.  A care givers quality of life without the support system significantly diminishes. Caring also ruin the caretakers  who desire to  socialize with others outside the home but are left feeling alone and unsupported.  Although people are living past the age of 85 and older the risk of developing dementia is very high.

If you are a caregiver of a person suffering with dementia, please find ways to utilize outside resources and services in your area. It does not matter if you live in a rural area or in the city. Contact your health insurance to find out what resources they may have to offer. Also, nurses can offer significant ways of lessoning the tasks of caregivers while also helping the caregiver with coping strategies to manage his/her own stress and health issues.

Resource groups for Caregivers:

 

www.alz.org   (Alzheimer’s Association), uses your location and where you live. Support includes online support, message board groups, fundraisers, financial and legal planning.

My question is now that elect Donald Trump will soon have sworn into Presidency in 2017. What is going to happen to many of the new immigrants illegally coming into the country?  Who knows, but most of us are sitting on the side lines waiting to see what happens.  I must wonder to myself when I see a new clinic in my community open and its predominately Mexican immigrant mothers and children whom are waiting to be seen with insurance consisting of a Medicaid card. Research studies indicate that illegal immigrants primarily benefit from Medicaid and food stamps from having children here in this country. Legal residents here in this country with very low education, limited job skills and a few more children than a normal household, are increasing the welfare rolls and need for more low-income housing. Is this fair to our citizens as we face a large homeless population in large cities throughout the country. Programs such as TANF (Temporary Assistance Needy Families) (Women Infant Children Program), WIC, SSI and SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program), these programs are costly to our government system and snapping up monies from taxpayers to pay for immigrant families while some of our neediest citizens, some veterans that fought hard and long for our government are living homeless and shelters and some on the streets.

 

Our country is so divided now even more than that past few years with this new presidency and the promises of a new America that means strongly strengthening our borders as being a priority on the list of things to do. I too want immigration laws enforced and border patrol tightened up some more. I know, that I may get some slack by those who oppose to my views in agreement with Donald Trump on some issues, but that’s fine.  That’s what this platform is all about.  I’m sorry, but “yes”, I would rather see an unemployed vet become hired based on servicing his/her country than seeing an illegal immigrant get hired because his boss believes in his ethics to come to work every day and on time. I too agree that the illegal worker who cuts my grass is more trustworthy than the average man whose job resume is very sketchy due history of incarceration or joblessness, so “yes”, he might have more of a chance of being hired and staying hired than his opponent. This is just a true testament that Donald Trumps plan to enforce and constraint and control illegal immigration may be easier said than done

I am hoping that he can keep some of his promises of bringing back jobs from overseas. That’s part of the Changing America slogan this country needs to see.  

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