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Depression in older nursing home residents
— the influence of nursing home environmental stressors, coping and acceptance of group and individual therapy | | Author(s) | Namkee G Choi, Sandy Ransom, Richard J Wyllie |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 5, September 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 536-547 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Loneliness ; Stress ; Residents [care homes] ; Attitude ; Therapy ; Nursing homes ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Based on in-depth interviews with 65 older nursing home residents, this study examined the residents' own understanding and perceptions of depressive symptoms, causes of their depression, their self-reported coping strategies, and their preferences for acceptable depression interventions. About half of the interviewees (n=32) stated that they were feeling depressed or experiencing negative affects. Major themes relating to the causes of their depression were loss of independence, freedom and continuity with their past life; feelings of social isolation and loneliness; lack of privacy and frustration at the inconvenience of having a room-mate and sharing a bathroom; loss of autonomy due to the institutional regimen and regulations; ambivalence toward cognitively impaired residents; ever-present death and grief; staff turnover and shortage; and stale programming and lack of meaningful in-house activities. Self-reported coping mechanisms included religion and stoicism, a sense of a really positive attitude, and family support. With regard to depressive treatment, the interviewees appeared to prefer nursing home programmes that reduce their isolation over group or individual psychotherapy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124230 A |
| Classmark | ENR: DV: QNH: KX: DP: LO: LHB: 3F: 7T |
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