| While you are running from the one place to other | | | | drugs or alcohol and sleep disturbances can all be |
| believing you will never ever again have enough time | | | | signs of depression. Depression can sometimes be |
| to do everything that needs to be done, there are | | | | without sadness but they will show other symptoms |
| many elderly people counting the minutes before lunch | | | | such as irrelevant concerns about money, health, the |
| or dinner and bed time. They once might have felt the | | | | safety of family members or even world related |
| same and now suddenly they don’t know what to | | | | problems. |
| do with all the time they have on hand. | | | | Depression is unhealthy and will have a negative |
| Causes of Depression | | | | effect on the life quality of the elderly person which is |
| Not having enough to do to fill the hours in the day is | | | | not at all necessary. Depression can also manifest in |
| one of the biggest reasons for depression in elderly | | | | physical illnesses or illnesses the person already suffer |
| people. | | | | from, can be aggravated. |
| Loss and depression can go hand in hand. Losing a | | | | Ways to Assist Elderly People Suffering From |
| partner after so many years of being together will | | | | Depression |
| obviously cause heartache and sadness. In older | | | | Getting out of the daily routine and their environment |
| people this sadness can easily turn into depression. | | | | will almost always lift the spirits. Take the person to a |
| Health problems and medication can also be a cause. | | | | place he or she enjoys, may it be a restaurant, a park |
| Some prescribed medication has depression as a side | | | | or even a shopping centre. If they find walking difficult |
| effect. | | | | borrow or rent a wheel chair for the day. |
| Older people easily feel they have no purpose in life | | | | Arrange an activity with other people of their own age. |
| anymore and stop attending social activities or loose | | | | This can be friends, family or people from the |
| interest hobbies they use to love. Sometimes they | | | | community. |
| might not be able to do the hobbies they did before | | | | Seek treatment if you feel that is the only way they |
| and that can be very depressing. Keen golf players | | | | will get passed the depression. |
| that are not mobile anymore will have to give up this | | | | There are many ways the elders in a community or |
| once beloved activity. | | | | family can still make a contribution and they should be |
| Signs of Depression | | | | allowed doing so. |
| Constant sadness, fatigue, loss of appetite, the use of | | | | |