Depression Strikes Hard at Ill Seniors
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FRIDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDayNews) -- Depression might be more harmful than the other chronic diseases that can strike elderly people, a new study claims.
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Retirees face a whopping medical bill in their golden years.
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Many elderly adults who are in mental decline and live alone may be at high risk of hurting themselves or falling ill, a new study shows.
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People with diabetes who are depressed are less likely to watch what they eat, to exercise, and to take their medications, researchers report.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Rates of mental health problems among elderly assisted living residents are higher than expected, says an Indiana University study in the October issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Older relatives who are frail or ill have special emotional, mental and physical health needs that require extra attention to help them enjoy the holiday season, geriatric specialists say.
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Dr. Shahrzad Mavandadi, of the University of Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia, and colleagues examined the effects of pain on  the response to depression treatment in 524 men, 60 years of  age or older, who were seen at a VA medical center.
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Long-term stress can make people sick and grow old before their time, according to a new study that has identified the first direct link between stress and aging, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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By STAFF  As the country's senior population grows, local services and agencies are dealing with an influx of calls from those caring for seniors who can no longer care for themselves.
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Twenty years after Congress vowed to improve the way we care for the old and the infirm, nursing homes still inspire dread. But some mavericks are working to deinstitutionalize them and make them more like home.
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By Chris MetinkoSTAFF  As the country's senior population grows by the day, local services and agencies are dealing with an influx of calls from those now caring for seniors who can no longer care for themselves.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- In all the excitement of the holidays, families can overlook the fact that the more frail and elderly among them are no longer able to take part in traditional holiday tasks, such as decorating or cooking.
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Making rounds at a Mount Laurel nursing home, Dr. Brian Little often hears confused, elderly patients complain about feeling like prisoners and wanting to go home.
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NEW YORK  - People with depression who have  suspected heart disease don't do well on exercise tests,  Canadian investigators report.
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NEW YORK  - Talk therapy may beat medication for older adults' depression, particularly when therapists work along with the patient's primary care doctor, a research review suggests.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Elderly people who are abused are much likelier to die sooner than are their peers who are not mistreated, but medical professionals are in a powerful position to detect cases and even intervene.
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Many people with epilepsy -- even those with mild forms of the condition -- also experience depression, but do not always discuss those symptoms with their physicians, study findings show.