Depression is common in older adults living with a serious illness.
It’s long been known that brisk exercise can help reduce depression. Perhaps as a result of an “endorphin high” or changes in other brain chemicals.

But the exercise doesn’t have to be vigorous, according to new research. Even mild exercise can help combat disease-related depression. This is good news for people who are ill or disabled. Researchers have found that

- completing an exercise task yields a sense of achievement
- achievement boosts our sense of personal power
- increased self-confidence reduces feelings of depression and fatigue

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Camp Carousel promotes healthy mourning through creativity and fun. Learn how to cope with a death-related loss

Monday, July 26 – Friday, July 30

Camp Carousel is designed to meet the unique needs of grieving children and teens (ages 6-17). In this caring environment, a specially trained staff of counselors and volunteers help children and teens learn how to express their grief and develop new coping skills for facing their life changes. Campers have an opportunity to meet others their own age who know what it’s like to lose a loved one.

Camp Carousel provides services for grieving adults. This therapeutic experience offers adult sessions geared toward learning how to cope with personal loss and life change. They, too, have the opportunity to interact with others grieving similar losses.

Camp Carousel promotes learning through creativity and fun. Groups involve the use of the creative arts — art therapy, music therapy, creative play, and animal assisted therapy — to provide campers a natural outlet for the expression and understanding of feelings..

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