Dementia Model

As we age, most individuals are capable of living normal, high functioning lives. It is their abilities to adapt to such changes whether it be physical, psychological, or situational that allows such a lifestyle. It is when some individuals are incapable of adapting that causes not only physical illnesses but emotional ones as well. There are some who rely on professional support to live their lives. According to Ferrini, mental health is described as the ability to engage in productive activities and fulfilling relationships and to cope successfully with change and adversity. (Ferrini, 2013). A model developed by Rowe and Kahn in 1998 describes three major points that should essentially be successful points for anyone aging. These points
Dementia is a progressive brain impairment that interferers with memory and basic living functions. According to the scholarly journal, “Dementias”, dementia affects about 46 million people worldwide. Approximately 7.7 million new cases of dementia form every year. This occurs in both men and women over the age of sixty. Dementia affects patient memory, and impairs abstract thoughts and functions such as aphasia and apraxia. Along with the again process, dementia can be caused by depression, brain tumors, alcoholism, drugs, chronic lung diseases, and Parkinson’s Disease. (Ferrini, 2013) It has become aware that elders living in nursing homes are more common of obtaining a mental disorder verse elders who love at home in communities. Some of the most common mental illnesses are depression, schizophrenia, and drug/ alcohol abuse are not common among elders but cognitive impairment increases with age. The most common ones among elders are depression, anxiety, sleep, substance use, dementia and
Institutional care varies from nursing homes, mental institutions, and mental wards located in hospitals. Then there is community- based which is where care is taken place in community facilities such a mental health centers, private psychiatrists and psychiatric outpatient clinics, halfway houses and much more. Now it all depends on the mental disorder, prognosis, current living situation, community services, family involvement, income and the motivation to improve their situation.
Research is constantly being done all around the world about the elderly community and factors of their mental health. BMC Public Health article states a study was conducted in china by using a total of six randomly selected communities (Out of twenty-four) we used for a depression screening. Their overall goal was to see the effects of a “mutual recovery program intervention on depressive symptoms, sleep, and well-being amongst the elderly. In the end they concluded that the recovery program would be an effective and even creative way to improve elder’s state of mental health. (Chao,