Is increasing sadness a part of normal aging?
Increasing sadness is not a part of normal aging. However, all health care workers in the long-term care setting should maintain a high index of suspicion for the presence of depression or depressive symptoms in their patients. It has been estimated that between 12 percent and 16 percent of older adults living in long-term care facilities have major depression, 50 percent may have a minor depressive disorder, and up to 70 percent may at one time experience depressed, sad, or blue mood. Additionally, in the elderly, depression with medical comorbidity is the norm rather than the exception. Depression is known to increase disability and mortality and increase use of health care services. • What are some tools used to screen patients for depression? Depression screening tools include Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD); Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression Scale (CED-D); and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ 9). • What are the crit
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