Mental health matters just as much in later life, and it is often overlooked. Seniors face real, treatable challenges: grief and loss, anxiety, depression, loneliness and isolation, and the strain of a health diagnosis. Family caregivers carry their own heavy load too, and support helps.
Help comes in many forms: counsellors, social workers, registered psychotherapists, and psychologists, in person or by video. Psychologists and registered therapists may be partly covered by insurance, and provinces fund some publicly available options. Compare senior-friendly providers below, and if isolation is the core issue, companion care can help alongside counselling.