Jen talks to Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD about how anxiety shows up in the elderly and what adult children can do about it without being bossy as well as how anxiety symptoms in the elderly are different than in younger adults.
Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD specializes in Internal Medicine and is an Associate Professor in Medicine at Keck Medicine USC.
To read Sharon's article about anxiety in elderly patients go here: https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder/how-does-anxiety-look-different-in-older-adults
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