Elder Abuse
Aging & Mental Health
The Geriatric Depression Scale
Getting Help For Depression
100
This is the estimated number of elderly persons who have experienced some sort of abuse and/or neglect.
What is 450,000 persons?
100
This is the percentage of Elderly people who experience some type of mental illness?
What is 20%?
100
According to the geriatric depreesion scale (GDS), this is the range the shows you are severly depressed.
What is 12 to 15?
100
This increases the rate of death for an elderly person within two years.
What is ECT?
200
This Act is where federal definitions for elder abuse and neglect first appeared?
What is the Older Americas Act?
200
This is a type of mood disorder that effects elderly people the most often.
What is depression?
200
What is score range for a moderately depressed person?
What is 9 - 11?
200
This is the percentage of people 65 and older recieving shock therapy.
What is 50%?
300
This group of elders is abused at a higher rate than other groups?
Who are male elders?
300
This accounts for the percentage of Eldelry Americans who commit suicide in our country.
What is 20%?
300
This person is credited with the creation of the geriatric depression scale?
Who is Dr. Jerome Yesavage?
300
These things include helplessness, hopelessness, and increased alcohol consumtion.
What are some of the signs of elderly depression?
400
These are the three basic categories of elder abuse.
What is Domestic abuse, Institutional abuse, and Self-Neglect?
400
This accounts for the percentage of Elderly Americans who have a diagnosable depressive illness.
What is 6%?
400
These are the two types of forms the GDS can come in.
What is long and short?
400
People over this age are likely to die within two years of ECT.
What are elders over the age of 80?
500
This refers to an elder persons inability to care for one's self.
What is self-neglect?
500
This is the first step a person has to make before they can even begin to treat elderly depression?
What is recognizing it?
500
This range is viewed as normal on the GDS.
What is 0 - 4?
500
This is what research indicates are the best long term outcomes for depression.
What are medications, therapy, and social supports?