MGB CHOIR Caregiver Clinic
We offer a range of psychological services to treat presenting concerns among care partners of adults with neurological conditions. Common presenting concerns include stress, depression, anxiety, adjustment to the caregiving role, and emotional burnout. Our evidence-based treatments aim to improve emotional health and increase confidence and skills as a caregiver.
Our Focus
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Emotional support needs are central to the neurological illness journey. However, there are gaps in the availability of specialized psychological services specifically for care partners and dyads. The negative health effects of these stressors for care partners are well documented, increasing the need for psychological services.
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We aim to fill this gap through our commitment to offering the highest quality evidence-based psychological services focused on care partners and dyads navigating adult neurological conditions (e.g., ADRDs, Parkinson’s, MS, ALS, Huntington’s).
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There is a critical shortage of clinicians trained to work with older adults, including care givers and individuals living with dementia. Our mission includes increasing the number of clinicians who are providing excellent mental healthcare to older adults.
“This decline in caregiver self-reported health is concerning, as the stress associated with caregiving may exacerbate declines in health that occur with age. This means that supports for caregivers and their recipients will be even more critical if this trend in declining caregiver health continues to hold. From a policy perspective, the strain of disease or disability on a family unit can endanger larger system goals to improve health care and reduce overall costs in an increasingly strained system.”
– AARP Caregiving in the US 2020 Report