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caring for the elderly at home help
caring for the elderly at home help Caring for the elderly Most elderly people live healthy lives and are mentally able. If an elderly person appears withdrawn or has memory problems, always make sure she is not depressed or suffering from dementia. Keeping regular contact with elderly people provides an excellent opportunity to support them and to detect mental problems […]
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common elderly health problems
common elderly health problems The mental health problems faced by the elderly In some situations, however, the elderly can suffer mental illnesses. There are many reasons for these problems. • Loneliness. In many places, joint family systems are giving way to smaller families. More and more elderly people are living alone with little support from their children. Loneliness is […]
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Successful policies and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill
There is little information on which to directly judge specific policies and programs designed to support or furnish care for the elderly with mental health problems. Due to budgetary constraints, developing countries may be unable to divert large amounts of money from other areas of the health care system to meet the needs of […]
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Polices and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill
Polices and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill The context: informal and formal care systems The most important system of care for the elderly throughout the world is still informal, as the family orkin group provides the overwhelming majority ofassistance. For example, in an In donesian study, 80% of the elderly in need […]
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war and mental health a brief overview
war and mental health a brief overview.The effects of catastrophic political changes, such asethnic conflict, factional fighting and wars can have substantial impacts on the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses, regardless of previous coping strategies. As a result of conflict and political persecution,the world today holds an unprecedented amount ofinternally displaced persons and international refugees(between 20 […]
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Elderly Mental Health Concerns: education
Elderly Mental Health Concerns: education.Rates of education have been increasing in many countries of the developing world and should continueto rise. Literacy rates vary from country tocountry. In the poorest countries more than two-thirds of the population are functionally illiterate, with higher rates of literacy among younger members of the population. Illiteracy is almost always […]
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Forces influencing the mental health of the elderly
Forces influencing the mental health of the elderly Phenomena throughout the world may impinge upon the mental health of the elderly directly and/or through mediating variables such as family care. For example, war and displacement may directly contribute to psychiatric morbidity, including psychoses,behavioral disturbances, substance abuse and suicide among the elderly and also limit the […]
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Mental Health Issues in the Elderly
MENTAL HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY In the absence of many rigorous large-scale epidemiological studies examining mental healthamong the elderly in Africa, Asia (with the exception of China) and Latin America, we include mainly small studies in this review. Comparisons among thesesmall-scale studies are difficult because they differ interms of purpose (i.e. measuring different types of […]
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Epidemiology of depression in the elderly
Epidemiology of depression Although there have been many attempts to examine the existence of depression in older people, accurate estimates of the prevalence of depression can be problematic due to the use of different instruments and the focus on different types of depression. Beekman et al. review of studies into the prevalence of depression in […]
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Mental Illnesses in the Elderly
According to the survey of domestic psychological research institution, the scale of people suffering from cognitive function drop and dementia, psychological disorder, as well as anxiety disorder partly takes about ten percent, five percent and four percent is declining. This is the order of nature, so it is hard to reverse the process. The absence […]
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