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Wadley Health System Services
Wadley Inspirations is an outpatient counseling center assisting the senior adult population of our communities to return to emotional and mental well-being. Our program is designed to provide outpatient therapeutic counseling services to patients in a comfortable, home like environment. Patients are provided three interactive group sessions per day with a licensed professional counselor. Most importantly, a board certified psychiatrist visits the patients once per week, for medication management and individual sessions. All services provided by Inspirations are ordered and reviewed by our physician. Patients participate in the program for approximately 3 hours per day, Monday-Friday.
In addition to the counseling services, we provide for therapeutic activities that allow patients an opportunity to explore and identify leisure activities that can serve as positive coping skills in an effort to improve their emotional and mental well-being. These activities are provided in a group setting and include arts and crafts, music therapy, relaxation, reading, seasonal crafts and other age specific and fun activities. We also provide lunch to our patients in a family dining atmosphere.
The years over fifty-five may bring the most stressful changes of a person’s life. It’s not surprising that many aging adults find these years to be less than they had hoped for. The emotions and stresses associated with retirement, change in finances, loss of loved ones. Loneliness and even the physical changes associated with growing older can become over-whelming.
Wadley Inspirations is proud to offer FREE Transportation to our patients who have no means to attend the program. We offer wheelchair accessible vans and trained drivers.
- Group Counseling
- Individual Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning
- Structured Daily Activities
- Continued Care Planning
- Transportation
- Lunch Meal
- Snacks
Retirement
Many people look forward to retirement. It is often wonderful for those who are in good health, happily married, financially comfortable, and filled with interests they are eager to pursue. However, for others it can be a stressful time of loss filled with the absence of friends, camaraderie and daily activity.
Financial Concerns
Money worries affect most seniors. They may find that their pensions, social security checks, and savings bonds do not allow them the comforts or necessities they once took for granted. Not being able to purchase a small gift for a grandchild or not being able to afford food or utilities are common, painful realities for many.
Loneliness
The death of a spouse is perhaps the most traumatic change any human being must survive and results in extreme loneliness. The surviving partner may be ill equipped to live alone, and the choices, such as living with family, may be unattractive or unavailable. Compounding the problem, the longer people live the more likely they are to watch as their friends die one by one, leaving them more alone every year.
Physical Changes
In a society that values youth and looks, there are unpleasant facts that seniors must face. Many live with chronic illnesses such as arthritis, heart disease, digestive problems or diabetes. These conditions can affect physical appearance and self perception. Additionally, many seniors begin to notice that they cannot hear or see as well as they once did.
For many aging can present many life changes that are impossible to overcome alone. In some cases the stress of growing older can actually overwhelm and disable a person, preventing the performance of even the simplest task. Often seniors responding to these stressors with depression or anxiety are labeled “Senile” or “Just Old.” In times like this, Wadley Inspirations can help. It is our goal to help seniors and their families to restore the lifestyles they deserve.
Warning Signs
Do you or someone you love struggle with any of the following? If so, we can help.
- Sadness
- Loneliness
- Hopelessness
- Loss of interests
- Loss of appetite
- Trouble sleeping
- Tearfulness
- Giving up
- Grief
- Mood swings
- Loss of energy
- Anxiety
- Hallucinations
- Lack of trust
- Poor personal appearance
- Thoughts of death
Wadley Inspirations
Wadley Medical Plaza - Suite 300
1002 Texas Blvd.
Texarkana, Texas 75501
903-798-7572
RELATED LINKS
Directions to the Wadley Medical Plaza
Wadley Inspirations Brohcure
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