CNA/PCA – Overview of Mental Illness Care

With the age, the brain of people become weak and cause mental illness. Mental illness is a vast term and includes multiple conditions. Anxiety, depression, dementia, and Parkinson disease are most common illness that occurs due to aging and is commonly found in older adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 20% of the older adults in the US are suffering from mental illness. Older adults don’t receive treatment because of shame or the fear that it will be dismissed as part of the aging process.