Hi,  i understand your situation.  Talk to him by educating him about the covid 19 in detail,  how it spreads and also safety measures to be taken to prevent it. Support him and be safe.

Hello, your father-in-law seems to have developed severe anxiety. Feeling highly stressed at this point of time is very obvious. Since he is an elderly person, reduce the amount of media exposure because there is too much covid-19 news. In these people get irritated easily and remains preoccupied with the negative thoughts. So he needs a lot of family support.

Thank you so much for addressing your concern. The best way to help your father in - law will be to consult with a mental health professional online. The professional can facilitate a consultation and can help him deal with his stress.

Hello there, Your concern for your father in law is one faced by many in these difficult times and can be managed with a few extra steps. I would suggest that you take care to limit his exposure to COVID related news to just headlines instead of full coverage shows and videos. Add some simple physical activities or relaxing pranayam in the mornings might help calm his mind, along with his participation in day-to-day life of the house and it's members, with gloves if he insists. You can also keep him connected with his contacts, watch old movies, go through old photo albums together....simple activities to take his mind off the worries and spend time with family.

Please ask him to get phone or online counselling from a psychologist. So that his fears will be reduced and anxiety will decrease. We can give him some suggestions to follow.  He might feel loneliness according to his age and have doubts about himself developing the spread of disease. So he needs to vent his thoughts and fears. In this lockdown he can strategically follow talking to new or very old friends of him. You can talk,  spend time with him on how he desires to spend his leisure activities. This will reduce his anxiety. For further in depth information please feel free to contact us.

Thank you for sharing your concern. I appreciate that you are approaching help from professionals. What your father in law is going through it's anxiety and it's quite natural due to extraordinary situation in country,also age factor matters.Make him understand that if death occurred due to covid-19 so there also people are  recovering from covid-19 more than a deaths rate in our country. Also take help from to Aarogya Setu government app. See to it that he is not watching repetitive news on television for same day it's contaminate elders mind alot. One can also take help to get more information/ guidance to stay safe from Covid-19 by approaching free helpline number,  Still find difficult to deal, than I suggest you consult with Psychologist to help him best.

Hi! Your father in law has certainly developed severe anxiety against coronavirus. And since he's not letting anybody in, it'll be difficult to reach out to him and explain his irrational fears. Please try to make him get in touch with a clinical psychologist first to understand the severity of his fear. If that doesn't work, consulting with a psychiatrist to mellow down his anxiety first might help even more.