Category: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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February 28th, 2010 |
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Depression affects a significant number of senior citizens, and can become a debilitating problem as desire to socialize and spend time participating in favorite activities or obtain adequate exposure to sunlight may wane. Helping seniors take control of their symptoms through a number of treatments, especially psychotherapy, has been a major goal for health... Read More
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February 25th, 2010 |
Many people who seem to be enjoying their later years offer anecdotes and wisdom suggesting that how old one feels is as important –if not moreso-- than their physical age. A team from the Purdue University Center on Aging and Life Course recently explored this conventional idea with a long-term study aimed at discerning whether subjective age was really a factor in the aging process. The study found, over a ten-year period, that those who reported feeling younger than they actually were enjoyed a greater sense of well-being and personal... Read More
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February 9th, 2010 |
What prompted this article was something I read recently in AARP Magazine. (I guess I’m dating myself with that one!).
“The older you are, the more likely you are to value religion, says a new Pew Research Center survey, ‘Growing Old in America.’ Do religious folks outlive their secular age-mates? Maybe. Earlier research indicates that people who worship regularly follow a healthier lifestyle and share a life-lengthening social network. And for some, faith grows with age: a third of those 65-plus said religion became more important over the course of their lives.” (AARP Magazine,... Read More
January 11th, 2010 |
As people approach old age and settle into retirement, mental health studies have shown that the potential for thoughts and feelings of depression and other concerns can steeply rise. In tandem with this issue, there are scores of people struggling with established mental health issues who are unable to receive the care or assistance they need. A natural harmony between these issues can be seen in the volunteer work of those who participate in a New York... Read More
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December 24th, 2009 |
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The elderly population represents one of the most at-risk age groups for depression, as the occurrence of medical health issues along with potential declines in socialization present ample opportunities for emotional and mental difficulties. Treating depression among the elderly is an important issue within the mental health fields, but prevention is often seen as a more effective and desirable route. Working precisely on the prevention of mental health concerns in elderly clients, a study based... Read More
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December 18th, 2009 |
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Nursing homes are typically through of as being caring and comprehensive communities for the elderly and those who are considerably ill but who do not wish to stay in a hospital. Yet throughout the United States, many nursing homes may be serving a different purpose: that of providing shelter and basic, yet often inadequate, care for those experiencing mental health difficulties. Though federal law prevents nursing homes from playing host to clients with mental health concerns unless they are concurrently diagnosed with a major medical health issue, a... Read More
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November 19th, 2009 |
I work part time in a Geri-Psychiatric ward where my title is Recreational Therapist. What that means is that when elders are committed to this hospital ward, usually involuntarily, anywhere from 72 hours to one month they are termed “gravely disabled and in dire harm to themselves and/or others”. Along with individuals that are in a psychotic phase of their schizophrenia and those suffering from bipolar episodes, a large percentage of those admitted to our facility have dementia. When the dementia patients are admitted to the facility, they usually arrive in a stupor of confusion. The confusion... Read More
November 16th, 2009 |
An often overlooked age group, the 85 and up set face many challenges that are typically reserved for old age. Memory issues, difficulty finding energy, and the rapid or prolonged loss of friends and loved ones can all contribute to symptoms of depression, which is experienced at a high rate among those in this age group. Efforts to develop targeted therapy programs and other forms of treatment for such clients are on-going, with... Read More
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October 31st, 2009 |
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As might be imagined, a number of elderly people who struggle with various forms of cancer also experience thoughts and feelings of depression, an issue which has prompted those in several disciplines of medicine to seek new ways to help improve the quality of life of this specific group. While the administration of anti-depressant medications is an option taken by many general practice physicians, a strong push to supplement such treatments with more reliable, potentially beneficial counseling... Read More
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October 23rd, 2009 |
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Most people who retain steady careers throughout their lives spend a fair amount of time thinking about, and planing for, their eventual retirement. Hailed as a momentous and positive occasion, retirement is often considered in terms of its potential to allow for some much-needed relaxation and personal time following a lengthy dedication to one's work. But a number of people may find that once they've retired, the sense of purpose with which they worked is absent, and this sudden absence may lead to feelings of depression... Read More
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October 3rd, 2009 |
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Suicide is a tragic even that many mental health professionals have taken as central to their careers and fields of study. Hoping to decrease the rates of suicide throughout the population and to develop and distribute effective and meaningful care for those in pain, professionals who work with suicide as a subject of study are typically on the lookout for factors that play a role in thoughts and feelings about suicide, attempts, and successful terminations. One study concentrating on suicide recently performed... Read More
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September 25th, 2009 |
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While it's a popular and commonly-held idea that the brain grows stronger and people become more knowledgeable and mentally apt as they cage, the facts of brain biology can be harsh. Into one's 30's, mental decline has likely already begun to take place, with some indications that the process can start as early as the end of one's second decade. People approaching middle age may find that their memory seems to fail them from time to time, or they might experience a decrease in the ability to focus or to approach a given subject with sharpness and efficiency. In... Read More
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September 1st, 2009 |
The experience of declining memory may be common to the process of aging, but a new study performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that such an experience doesn't have to be the norm. Working with information collected from over nineteen thousand participants over the age of forty five, the extensive study measure the relationship between high diastolic blood pressure and memory loss,... Read More
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August 22nd, 2009 |
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A popular conception of the elderly is that they're often plagued by sadness, loneliness, a decline in cognitive ability, and enjoy a poorer quality of life than their younger counterparts. As the proportion of senior citizens in the global population is expected to spike dramatically in the coming years, such a dreary outlook may cause weariness over the prospect of growing old. Yet this popular conception may not be at all reliable, a review... Read More
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