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Reducing depression among older people receiving care
— an evidence-based approach for reducing depression and promoting well-being | | Author(s) | K J Lyne, S Moxon, I Sinclair |
| Corporate Author | Mental Health in Residential Homes Project, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust; City of York Council; University of York |
| Publisher | Psychology Services, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, York, 2007 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Mental Health in Residential Homes Project, c/o Dr Jake Lyne, Psychology Services, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, The Old Chapel, Bootham Park Hospital, York YO30 7BY. |
| Keywords | Depression ; Well being ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Care home staff ; Training [welfare work] ; Psychiatric treatment ; Projects ; North Yorkshire. |
| Annotation | Typically, 40% of older people living in care homes are depressed. This is a summary of an intervention project exploring whether depression could be reduced among older people living in care homes, through guiding their regular care staff to assist with life improvements which particularly mattered to an individual. 14 registered homes for older people in North Yorkshire took part; just over half of the care workers at these homes volunteered to participate; and 87 depressed residents were assigned to a care worker. The intervention comprised 12 hours of training for care home staff, followed by 2-3 months when they worked individually with depressed residents to achieve modest life improvements sought by the resident. A control group of depressed fellow residents did not receive this extra help. The content of the training course for care staff and examples of the intervention goals are outlined. The research concludes that this approach offers an evidence-based route towards major goals of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF). Further information about the research and related resources are available (at www.well-beingandchoice.orguk/ReducingDepression.h... and in the authors' paper, "Analysis of a care planning intervention for reducing depression in older people in residential care" (Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 2, (July 2006). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070524002 P |
| Classmark | ENR: D:F:5HH: KX: KW: QRM: QW: LP: 3E: 8NY * |
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