today is aging; once someone reaches the age of 50 or older he or she is considered to be a senior citizen. Studies have shown that seniors make up a good percentage of today’s population. Despite one’s age, everyone has the right to happiness, and this is possible for seniors if their basic needs are tended to. Demands of seniors have changed over the years; older adults are not always treated fairly because of their age. Not only do older adults have to deal and cope with their bodies and physical
Integrity versus despair in which one reflects on their experience and despair. This paper would focus on depression and life satisfaction in relation to integrity versus despair. The final stage of life may be described by loss of a love one, loss of independence, physical and mental deterioration. These factors can have a negative effect on life satisfaction which may result in depression. The person view back over their lives by looking back at life experiences, evaluating them, interpreting them
Integrative Therapy and Depression Kebeh Beyan Walden University Integrative therapies include different psychotherapies techniques. The purpose of the technique is to figure out the approach that is more acceptable to treatment. This approach focuses on thinking, feeling and acting. In an integrative approach the clinician incorporate a combination of perspectives in order to offer the client a broader outlook. Integrative therapy has both advantages and disadvantages. Prochaska and
Specifically, there is a lack of culturally competent organizations that address the needs of LGBT older adults. In the article “Addressing Capacity for Providing Culturally Competent Services to LGBT Older Adults”, by Portz et al., (2014), a qualitative study was conducted to determine how culturally competent the health and social services providers of the Denver community are regarding LGBT older adults. The community has a significant percentage
therapy a non-pharmacological intervention for older individuals with dementia, or cognitive impairment. a. To alleviate effects of depression in older individuals who are in a nursing home or care facility. 1. Subjects, must have been institutionalized two or more months. 2. Affected by dementia / cognitive decline. 3. Must be 65 years or older. 4. Average age in the study was 84.7 b. Dementia and or cognitive decline is growing in older populations (Lee, S., 2012). 1. Primary
To mature into an adult one must grow physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, coming of age is a more emotional process than it is physical and mental. One is considered to be getting older when he or she hits puberty, but that is their body growing and not their intellect. Physically a person grows in strength, their body gains more muscle and start to mature into the bodies of older woman or man. As one grows emotionally they learn to care for their emotions and themselves. Emotionally
In many older person, loneliness is a common painful problem, and it can be even more stressful when an individual experience an unexpected death of he or her spouse or partner (Koc, 2012). The counselor will help Allen deal with his wife's death by using an assessment tool called Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), which Mental Health Counselors, can used this assessment tool to help him or her understand their client's depression
society may then lead them to perceive everyone around them as flawed. An entirely possible outcome from this negativity is mental instability. Thus, individuals who develop negative attitudes about the world are more prone to mental disorders like depression, preventing
Depression is one of the most destructive and common mental illnesses found in both adults and adolescents today. As a matter of fact, according to www.cdc.gov, about 1 in every 10 Americans will be diagnosed with depression during their lifetime. An article on www.WebMD.com states that this can prove to be extremely disastrous because untreated depression can have many side effects including insomnia, low self-esteem, and thoughts of suicide regardless of the cause of depression. J.D. Salinger demonstrates
The baby boom generation was the generation that created a surge in population between the years 1946 and 1964 because many people delayed having children due to World War II (1939-1945) and the Great Depression (1929-1939). “The hardships and uncertainties of the Great Depression and World War II led many unmarried couples to delay marriage and many married couples to delay having children” (“Baby Boom”). The baby boom generation consisted of about 75 million children. “The sheer size of the baby-boom