Tag: depression and the elderly
Are you Anti-Aging? Be Content with What Is not What Was.
Are you Anti-Aging? Be Content with What Is not What Was. By Dr. Toni LaMotta Our world is obsessed with youth and beauty. We are bombarded daily with ANTI-aging techniques and products. No wonder so many people fear growing older. Frankly, IÛªd rather not be ANTI anything but be FOR...
CMS Depression Screening
A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal would screen more Medicare beneficiaries for depression, according to a recent memo.æ The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force determined that that such screening for depression in adults is äóìreasonable and necessary for the prevention or early detection of illness or...
Hoarding Worse As You Grow Older – Depression not OCD Partly to Blame
A Kaiser Health News article reports that according to several studies presented at the annual conference of the American Society on Aging, hoarders are more likely to be depressed, anxious or have social phobias than to have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It could be a by-product of growing older and being...
Tai Chi Combined with Proper Meds Reduces Depression in Elderly
In a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, reported treating 112 participants with major depression, aged 60 years and older, with the antidepressant Lexapro for four weeks. The 73 who responded to the drug continued to receive it for 10 more weeks and were randomly assigned to...
Depression in Nursing Home Residents – It’s All Connected!
Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered a series of indicators associated with the development of depression in nursing home residents, according to a study published in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. Increased verbal aggression, urinary incontinence, increased pain, weight loss, changes in care needs, reduced cognitive ability, and...
Beyond Dementia – Reasons for Nursing Home Admissions and What You Can Do For Your Elders
The Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged examines predictors of nursing home admissions among seniors without a dementia diagnosis. It is one of the first analyses that don’t consider dementia. 1,024 elderly adults over 75 without dementia were interviewed six times on average every 1.4 years, according to the report....
Recognizing Depression in Seniors Sooner Can Avoid Health Problems
Professors of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center have pinpointed a number of prime factors for determining an elderly individuals risk for developing depression. The most apparent factors that contribute to depression include low-level depression symptoms, the perception of poor-quality social support, and a past history of depression....
Depression Common in Older Cancer Patients
Depression is common in older cancer patients and could be treated in primary care according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on cancer survivorship care. 55 percent of the patients who receive collaborative treatment, compared with 34 percent receiving the usual care, showed a 50 percent...