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Depression

Depression. How it Affects the Elderly Mallory Joy Jensen, SPTA. Objectives. 1. List the common causes that can lead to depression. 2. Identify the typical symptoms of depression. 3. Review the two main types of depression and their characteristics.

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Depression

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  1. Depression How it Affects the Elderly Mallory Joy Jensen, SPTA

  2. Objectives • 1. List the common causes that can lead to depression. • 2. Identify the typical symptoms of depression. • 3. Review the two main types of depression and their characteristics. • 4. Asses the correlation between depression and dementia. • 5. Describe treatment techniques that can be used with patients with depression.

  3. 1. List the common causes that can lead to depression. • Loss of Independence due to illness, disability, financial circumstances, etc. • Loss of physical function as a result of mobility, sight, hearing, and taste. • Loss of peers through death. • Loss of the ability to perform activities that used to bring joy and fulfillment

  4. 2. Identify the typical symptoms of depression. • Prolonged depressed, sad, anxious or empty moods • Feeling worthless, helpless, or experiencing excessive or inappropriate guilt • Loss of appetite and interest in food, or overeating • Irritability, restlessness or agitation • Loss of energy and enthusiasm, chronic fatigue. • Hopelessness about the future, pessimistic thoughts. • Loss of memory, inability to concentrate. • Loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities • Withdrawal from social engagements, isolation • Unexplained aches and pains • Recurring thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts or actions

  5. 3. Review the two main types of depression and their characteristics. • The two main types of depression are • a. situation depression • b. major depression • - Situational depression is a normal reaction to a painful event, such as : death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or a divorce. It is not biochemical. • - Major depression affects more than 19 million Americans. 30% or sufferers seek help, although 80% of all cases can be effectively treated. Symptoms of depression usually are more intense and last longer.

  6. 4. Depression and Dementia. • 70% of patients with dementia have depression and should be treated. • - Geriatric Depression Scale Handout.

  7. “LifeIsToBeEnJOYed,NotJustEndured!” Gordon B. Hinckley

  8. 5. Treatments for Depression • Contact MD, obtain medication • Community mental health centers (CMHC) provide treatment based on the patients ability to pay • Medicare does pay 50% for mental health care • LAUGHTER • KIND WORD • SUPPORT

  9. Using Humor To Help Patients

  10. What is therapeutic humor? The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH), a 20-year-old international association designed to advance the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits, has an official definition: “Therapeutic humor is any intervention that promotes health and wellness by stimulating a playful discovery, expression, or appreciation of the absurdity or incongruity of life's situations. This intervention may enhance health or be used as a complementary treatment of illness to facilitate healing or coping, whether physical, emotional, cognitive, social, or spiritual.”

  11. References • 1.http://www.apta.org/PTinMotion/2007/12/TicklingtheFunnyBone • Drench ME et al: Physchosocial Aspects of Health Care. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007 • Ebersole P & Hess P: Toward Healthy Aging, Human Needs and Bursing Response. 5th ed. St Louis: Mosby, 1998. • https://lds.org/ensign/1996/05/stand-true-and-faithful.p35?lang=eng&noLang=true&path=/ensign/1996/05/stand-true-and-faithful.p35 • http://www.racgp.org.au/silverbookonline/images/tools_depression_scale

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