Mental Health Wellbeing

The purpose of this research is to review factors that trigger elderly depression states, their physical and mental health conditions,

Older adults are at a stage in life where they have to come to terms with their “inevitable decline” (Gladding, pg. 301). Older adults may suffer from “loneliness, fear and loss” (Gladding, pg. 302). They have been facing “chronic health problems that require increased attention” (Gladding, pg. 302). Many older people have difficulty transitioning to a “retirement lifestyle and long for their professional roles” (302). Many elderly also experience “limited socialization and interpersonal activities” (Gladding, pg. 303). Depression “affects 121 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability” (Pépin, Guérette, Lefebvre & Jacques, pg. 117).

Wellness is expressed in functional, environmental, intellectual, psychological, spiritual, social and biological dimension of the human experience within the context of culture (Touhy and Jett, 2016, p.7). It is important to keep these values in mind when caring for people of any age. Strategies that help promote healthy aging in the presence of normal age-related changes include educating clients on what is “normal in the aging process. Encourage active living, healthy eating and mental and emotional well-being.

Depression is one of the most common mental disorder in the United States. More so, it is well recognized to be one of the most threatening mental health condition among older adults. Consequently, it leads to decline of the overall physical, mental and social state of an elderly person. According to World Health Organization (WHO, 2010), major depression carries the heaviest burden of disability among mental and behavioral disorders. In 2015, an estimated 16.1 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This number reflects that an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) gets affected in any given year and one in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their

small idea that they days are final. In addition, an elderly adult may have stressors with everyday living by themselves, there are elderly adult that tend to want to live by themselves and live daily life as an adult but there can be many issues of physical attributes that are not as fluent when they were a bit younger. Another stressor within elderly adulthood, is going through many health examinations and excessive mediational intake that can be overwhelming for an elderly adult who is exhausted for the obligations. In the journal article Aging and depression: Vulnerability and stress across adulthood author Michele Karel expresses that age differences shows a significant measurement of depression across adulthood, which raises questions

1. Improve dietary intake. Using validated tools, the proportion of service users that improve their dietary intake between service entry and 12 months.

Depression in older adults result to greater deficits in executive functioning. Memory impairment also occurs

An active lifestyle, positive coping skills, good social relationships, and support are some of the factors that connect to successfully aging. Older adults are more prone to disease, depression, death of a spouse and difficulty adjusting to retirement. Older adults who make appropriate adjustments and preparation for a psychologically satisfying retirement are said to be aging successfully. Older adults who show a high level of emotion regulation and successfully aging demonstrates reduced responsive to regrets. Individuals that are involved with discussing past activities and experiences with another individual have great improvement in their mood. The use of group reminiscence therapy helps an older person to have increased self-esteem,

In addition, retaining physical and cognitive function becomes a major challenge, as well as the avoidance of debilitating mental illnesses such as depression and dementia.” All of the above draw the conclusion of why older adults are a key priority group. (Start Active, Stay Active, 2011)

Depression later in life frequently coexists with other medical illnesses and disabilities. In addition, advancing age is often accompanied by loss of key social support systems due to the death of a spouse or siblings, retirement, and/or relocation of residence. Because of their change in circumstances and the fact that they're expected to slow down, doctors and family may miss the diagnosis of depression in elderly people, delaying effective treatment. As a result, many seniors find themselves having to cope with symptoms that could otherwise be easily treated.

Mental health is considered as an essential part of health in which an individual recognizes their full capacity to deal with pressures that surround them, work productively and be of positive influence to society. World Health Organization [WHO] (2008) reported that Australia contributes an estimate of 29.4% of neuropsychiatric on the global burden of disease. In 2015 the revised Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation [ANMF] Policy states that the distribution of health care in mental health nursing requires skills and expertise for them to deliver a complete, broad and universal mental health care to affected individuals. Thus, the sustenance of the mental health nursing should be given comprehensive, intensive and sufficient support. This research will explore the perspectives of psychiatric nurses from different facilities regarding their reason in choosing mental health nursing and remaining as mental health nurse (MHN). Findings will be used as a reference for the retention and recruitment of mental health nursing.

Older people have raised their families, dealt with stressors their whole lives and most of them suffer from anxiety or depression without every receiving psychological treatment.

Psychological well-being issue is presently turning into a developing general wellbeing concern this isn't quite recently basic in the UK yet in addition around the globe. In the UK evaluated that 1 out of 4 individuals will encounter an emotional well-being issue every year. It is likewise demonstrated that 1 out of 6 individuals report encounter a typical emotional wellness in any given week insights demonstrates that 230 of each 300-requiring help will visit their GP. Emotional wellness issue ranges from a straightforward stress to servos long haul condition. (national focal point of social research)

The older adult population has grown significantly which, in turn, increases the awareness of healthy ageing. Through this new found awareness, facilitators and barriers to healthy ageing were identified and explored. No factor related to aging is solitary, as all factors influence one another. To begin, taking care of the self “…maintains structural integrity and human functioning and contributes to human development.” (Gilbert et al., 2012, p. 22). The self includes both the physical and emotional beings of an individual. Human development is applicable to all ages and it is vital for older adults to have a sense of growth, function and integrity. Consequences for lack of self-care is a deteriorating ageing process. Ageing is inevitable,

Believing myths such as the use of treatments or herbal remedies that have not been shown to improve health conditions and believing that human biology is well understood and unchanging has impacted the practice of social work as it limits our understanding of human biology especially in regards to mental health. This limitation therefore also limits the capability of social workers to effectively help their clients. For example when social workers recommend their client take herbal remedies for depression such as St. John 's Wort, they believe that they are helping their condition, however, this remedy is dangerous as it can interfere with drugs and can cause heart problems. Not knowing this causes social workers to give advice that could possibly hinder their client instead of instructing their clients to check with their physicians or psychiatrist. A lot of herbal remedies or treatments are commonly known to be safe, but have bad side effects for those with mental health disorders. Giving advice to use these remedies has created problems within the field of mental health as it hinders the client’s treatment and continues the cycle of ignorance.