Nurses have an important role in determining whether an older person's mental health is deteriorating by being vigilant to signs such as obvious weight loss, looking tired or a deterioration in appearance.AnonymousNursing standardJane-Llopis E, Gabilondo A, Editores. Mental Health in Older People...
Even small differences in the availability of urban green and blue spaces may be associated with better mental and physical health in older adults, according to a Washington State University study. Ad The study's findings showed that having just 10% more forest space in a person's residential ...
the non-utilization of mental health services increases with age. Although universal health coverage (UHC) was reported to reduce unmet health care needs, it might not be sufficient to reduce unmet mental health care needs from a clinical perspective. Despite the existence of UHC in Japan, this ...
Person-centred Approach to the Care of Older People With Mental Health Problems It is thought that old age can be seen, fundamentally, as a frame of mind and perhaps older people are acting out society's expectations of how they should behave. Goffman's early work on the way we... L ...
Falls are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in older people and the risk of falling is exacerbated by mental health conditions. Existing reviews have focused on people with dementia and cognitive impairment, but not those with other mental health conditions or in mental health settings. ...
"It's encouraging to see that nearly one-third of the older adults rated their primary care provider as the person they'd most want to talk with about mental health concerns, and that 19% said they'd actually done so in the last two years," she says. "Health systems and insurers shou...
Conclusions This fundamental register-based study included a great number of older persons and shows that mental disorders affect every fifteenth older person in Sweden. The prevalence of mental disorders increases with increasing age. The results highlight the extent of mental disorders among older ...
The diagnosis of young-onset dementia presents significant challenges both for the person and their families, which often differ from the challenges faced with late-onset dementia. Evidence of the experience of service users and carers tends to reveal a negative appraisal of the care received, ...
One person was randomly selected as the respondent from each selected household. The research object of this study is the mental health of older adults. Therefore, after screening and eliminating samples with missing indicators, this study ultimately obtained 1373 effective samples. Measures Mental ...
In Model 4, we control for physical and mental health reports at Time 1. Not surprisingly, those in better physical health at Time 1 reported being in better health at Time 2. Those who were more satisfied with life at Time 1 reported better physical health at Time 2, and those who had...