A social robot intervention on depression, loneliness, and quality of life for Taiwanese older adults in long-term care

SC Chen, W Moyle, C Jones, H Petsky - International …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Objectives: To investigate the effect of a social robot intervention on depression, loneliness,
and quality of life of older adults in long-term care (LTC) and to explore participants' …

Measurement validity of the Patient‐Health Questionnaire‐9 in US nursing home residents

E Bélanger, KS Thomas, RN Jones… - … journal of geriatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The objective of this study was to assess the measurement properties of the self‐
reported Patient Health Questionnaire‐9 (PHQ‐9) and its 10‐item observer version (PHQ …

[PDF][PDF] 城市老年人抑郁症状检出率随年代的变化趋势

李晓敏, 韩布新 - 中国老年学杂志, 2012 - g-city.sass.org.cn
目的探讨中国城市老年人的抑郁症状检出率随年代变化的趋势. 方法采用“横断历史研究”
元分析方法, 选取发表于2000 年至2011 年间20 篇采用流调用抑郁中心量表(CES-D) …

The role of regulation in the care of older people with depression living in long-term care: a systematic scoping review

M Crick, R Devey-Burry, J Hu, DE Angus, C Backman - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background This aim of this study was to explore the role of regulation on the quality of care
of older people living with depression in LTC, which in this paper is a domestic environment …

Factors associated with fall risk increasing drug use in older black and white men and women: the Health ABC Study

JE Roberts, RM Boudreau, KS Freeland, L Xue… - BMC geriatrics, 2024 - Springer
Background Most older adults use medications that may increase falls, often defined as fall
risk increasing drugs or “FRIDs”. Two definitions for FRIDs, the Centers for Disease Control …

Quality of life of nursing home residents in China: a mediation analysis

H Xiao, JY Yoon, B Bowers - Nursing & health sciences, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We examined whether the relationship between activities of daily living and quality of life
was mediated by depression, and identified differences of the mediating effects by age …

Pain and symptoms of depression in older adults living in community and in nursing homes: the role of activity restriction as a potential mediator and moderator

A López-Lopez, JL González… - International …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Background: Chronic pain is likely to lead to depressive symptoms, but the nature of this
relationship is not completely clear. The aim of the present study is to analyze the role of …

Loss, unresolved trauma and gaps in staff knowledge: a qualitative study on older adults living in residential aged care

N Cameron, D Fetherstonhaugh… - Issues in mental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the prevalence of mental health concerns among those who live in residential aged
care, many residential aged care facilities (RACFs) provide little by way of psychological …

Care homes for older people

T Dening, A Milne - Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry, 2013 - books.google.com
Standards of physical amenities in care homes have improved significantly in the last 20
years in response to self-pay market forces and demands from local authority …

Living arrangements and quality of life: mediation by physical function and depression

H Xiao, JY Yoon, B Bowers - Western Journal of Nursing …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Living arrangements are often assumed to be associated with health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) among older adults. This study aimed to explore how living arrangements affect …