Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Psychology in a Case of an Elderly Experiencing Depression. It needs to be at least 3250 words.Download file to see previous pages... Suicide and d

Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Psychology in a Case of an Elderly Experiencing Depression. It needs to be at least 3250 words.

Suicide and depression are considered as the most considerable concerns that home health clinicians handle in terms of caring for the elderly, most especially those that are homebound (Taylor, Peplau &amp. Sears 2006, p. 342). Frank is an 85 year old male individual who used to serve the army. He is now retired and he had been assessed to be at risk for depression and suicide as caused by his wife’s recent passing. The case study presents how Frank’s suicide tendencies had been reduced through proper counseling, by the utilization of the Psychodynamic approach.

Major depression is one of the factors that lead to suicide, regardless of age or gender. The age of the elderly ranging from 65 and older account for 18% of suicide rates. In most cases, the progression of depression is overlooked, thus it is left untreated among the geriatrics (Taylor 2006, p.29). The following are considered the most common factors that lead to suicide: previous history of depression or depressive disorder. past suicide attempts. fear of death. bereavement. polypharmacy. illnesses. experiencing severe pain. substance abuse. and isolation (Gross 2005, p. 108).

Healthcare clinicians or providers must strictly be coherent with the manifestation of sign and symptoms pertaining to depression among older adults (Smith, Nolen-Hoeksema &amp. Frederickson 2003, p. 63). There are various tools that can be utilized to evaluate an individual’s state of depression, such as the screening tool in the form of a Patient Health Questionnaire-2, an assessment tool or the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, or simply making use of the Geriatric Depression Scale (Swann and Seyle 2005, p.164). Case Study Frank is an 85 year old male war veteran who had been admitted in a Home Based Primary Care in September of 2009. He lives in Ohio, solely with his Labrador retriever who had been under his care for 10 years. Frank and his wife moved to Ohio from Florida, after retiring from serving the army for almost 25 years. Their reason for moving was that Frank’s wife was in need of medical attention due to her chronic condition. His wife suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Though Frank wanted to help his wife recover, he had a difficult time adjusting and coping with the fact that his wife must now be taken care of in a nursing home. Frank was severely affected by his wife’s condition. He used to cry during visits when his wife could no longer recognize him. It pained him at instances when his wife thinks of him as another person, instead of her husband. He became depressed over the fact that he vowed never to put his wife in a nursing home, but he was left with no choice. He was bearing guilt in his heart the whole time his wife was under therapy at the nursing home. He wanted the best for his wife, but she required more care than he can provide. After a month of being placed at the nursing home, Frank’s wife died. When Frank’s wife passed away, he had set up a memorial in his apartment by decorating a table with two artificially lighted candles beside his wife’s picture. He also placed his wife’s possessions on her side of the bed, which he never dared touch. Frank and his wife never had children. they only had the dog with them. He had no one to lean on while mourning as he was the only one alive out of 3 siblings.