PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Life Review, Intensify, Pressure Ulcer
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Ageism: discrimination against any person based on chronological age: mental health professionals used to believe in popular misconceptions intellectual deterioration is prevalent and inevitable, depression is widespread and untreatable. Ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) coalitio(cid:374) for e(cid:374)iors(cid:859) me(cid:374)tal health pro(cid:448)ides a series of guides for fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) the follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g issues a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g older adults: delirium, depression, suicide prevention, mental health issues for those in long-term care. Canadian longitudinal study on aging (clsa) goals include preventive interventions, cost-effective treatments. I(cid:374)itiati(cid:448)es are (cid:448)ital i(cid:374) light of the i(cid:373)pe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:862)big boo(cid:373)(cid:863), (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:271)a(cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)oo(cid:373)ers (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e se(cid:374)iors e(cid:374) (cid:373)asse i(cid:374) about a decade from now. Canada is underprepared to deal with uprising senior patients: ca(cid:374)ada has (cid:374)o for(cid:373)al progra(cid:373) o(cid:374) (cid:862)gerops(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)(cid:863) psychology focus on mental health in older people. Issues, concepts and methods in study of older adults. Older people are more different from one another than are individuals in any other age group. People tend to become less alike as they grow older.
