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17 gru 2020 · Elderly people who leave their home environment and move to a nursing home enter a phase in life with diminishing contact with family and friends. This situation often results in a feeling of loneliness with a concomitant deterioration in physical and mental health.
8 paź 2020 · We identify loneliness and emotional anxiety as main psychological consequences for nursing home residents, whereas uncertainty, hopelessness, work overload, and role conflicts are the most salient psychological challenges for the staff in the nursing homes during the pandemic.
As many as 25% of nursing home residents suffer from major depression and as many as 82% report depressive symptoms (Seitz, Purandare, & Conn, 2010). In addition, studies of anxiety disorders in nursing homes estimate a prevalence between 5% and 5.7% (Creighton, Davison, & Kissane, 2016).
4 sty 2022 · Positive peer interaction in nursing homes has been consistently recognized as essential to residents’ life quality. However, low rates of resident-to-resident interaction were found to be pervasive. Our research explores the potential of applying public display systems to promote residents’ unplanned co-located interaction.
Attendant upon these historical and social developments, there has been a gradual and increasing momentum for the professional development of psychologists and other health care providers in the delivery of psychological services to older adults in long-term care settings.
This article describes a 10-week, behavioral, activities-based intervention for depression that can be implemented in nursing homes collaboratively with nursing home activities staff, and presents data related to its development, feasibility and preliminary outcomes.
Psychiatric symptoms are common among individuals who live in nursing homes, with prevalence rates ranging from 51 percent to 94 percent. Accordingly, psychotropic medications are widely prescribed in this setting and are the subject of considerable debate and regulation.
