{"id":5030,"date":"2022-11-05T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/?p=5030"},"modified":"2022-11-14T01:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:03:04","slug":"everything-about-depression-in-the-elderly-causes-symptoms-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/everything-about-depression-in-the-elderly-causes-symptoms-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything about depression in the elderly: causes, symptoms, advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The image of our grandparents awakens in each of us a pleasant feeling of “home” and, no doubt, they have planted in us human values \u200b\u200bthat we carry on, as we live our own lives. By virtue of this priceless legacy, we also owe it to ourselves to take care of them when the vagaries of age begin to manifest themselves, and one of them is depression.<\/p>
Depression does not follow rules. It does not affect people according to age, time, or weather. However, there are some situations that can increase the risk of depression in the elderly:<\/p>
In addition to the common causes of depression, there are a number of things that can increase the likelihood of getting sick. These include a higher incidence among women over 65, lack of support from a group of friends, a stressful life, the existence of a disease that affects self-image, heredity, chronic pain, alcohol abuse, and fear of death.<\/p>
Depression has a number of signs that reveal it especially in front of people close to the elderly. Relatives, friends, or even neighbors are the first to notice a change in behavior or mood. Below are some other signs that often occur among seniors with depression:<\/p>
In addition to these signs, it is good to know that many seniors vehemently claim that they are not sad or depressed. However, they end up complaining of unexplained physical pain, digestive problems without a specific cause, worsening headaches, or feelings of mental “emptiness” (lack of emotion).<\/p>
It is good for the family to keep in constant contact with the loved one and to be with them so that, together with the attending physician, a correct diagnosis can be established. In addition to dialogue, the doctor will be able, based on signs of depression and tests, to rule out, if necessary, the condition as a manifestation of other diseases or as a side effect of some drugs.<\/p>
Other diseases can also be similar to depression, so this should not be overlooked either. Below are some of these conditions:<\/p>
Older people may find it difficult to talk about their mood, as many of them have grown up in environments where mental health problems such as anxiety or depression are seen as a sign of weakness.<\/p>
In addition, many people have gone through countless problems and see depression, although they do not have a name for it, as something they have to endure without complaining and asking for help. I also do not see the worries and sadness specific to depression as well as diseases considered “serious”, such as cardiovascular disease or arthritis, for example. On the other hand, a new path to the doctor means new worries and new medications that add to the treatments that many of them are already following.<\/p>
It is good for the loved one to be treated with respect, and depression, with a proactive attitude and aimed at reducing the manifestations of the disease. Here are some ways you can help your loved one get through this experience more easily:<\/p>
Even if in our families it happened that this unwelcome guest knocked on the door, it is important to be able to spend together the days when she is our guest in the best possible way. The difficult times we go through bring with them new meanings that we discover, and this condition is no exception. On the contrary, we can see that it brings us closer to our loved ones and helps us to reform relationships whose fragility we were no longer so aware of. Through teamwork with the elderly in our lives who live depression, with attention, openness, and communication, it is possible to discover that this experience is nothing but a chance to be together again this time with our grandparents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Depression, the invisible enemy of our grandparents. How can we care for them? The image of our grandparents awakens in each of us a pleasant feeling of “home” and, no doubt, they have planted in us human values \u200b\u200bthat we carry on, as we live our own lives. By virtue of this priceless legacy, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5625,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions\/5625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyhospicenv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}