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

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