A population health perspective on disability and depression in elderly women and men
- Author:
- BOULD Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 17(2), 2005, pp.7-24.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Criticizes the narrow focus of the biomedical model of medical treatment for depression in the elderly and points to alternative policy approaches under the model of population health. This broader approach, together with a gender analysis, indicates a need for policies to prevent disability in late life and to alleviate existing disabilities by targeted exercise and practical self-help programs, as well as the provision of help in the home for disabled elderly women with depressive symptoms. For disabled elderly men with depressive symptoms, however, a more aggressive and comprehensive biomedical treatment is needed for better suicide prevention.
- Subject terms:
- older people, physical disabilities, prevention, suicide, depression;
- Content type:
- research
- Location(s):
- United States
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN online:
- 1545-0821
- ISSN print:
- 0895-9420