Late adulthood can present stressors for both nursing home residents and their caregivers, including adjusting to placement and seeing changes in mental state. Common health issues that increase with age include depression, characterized by deep unhappiness, and dementia, involving deterioration of mental functioning. As people age, their cognitive abilities slow down as well, such as brain processing speed and changes to memory. Nursing homes aim to help residents regain normalcy through activities of daily living and other activities, while encouraging accepting help from others and trying different approaches when abilities decline.
2. What are Nursing Home Stressors? For caregiver - difficulty with resident mental state. Upset seeing resident in Nursing Home. For resident - adjustment to placement. Positive and negative interaction with staff and other families.
3. Mental Health Depression A mood disorder in which individuals are deeply unhappy Dementia Neurological disorder which involves deterioration of mental functioning
4. Cognitive Mechanics The brain speed processing slows down. How our memory changes during aging.
5. Assistance in Regaining normality ADLs – activities of daily living. Nursing Home activities for fun.
6. Things to remember…… If things don’t go well for you, be willing to let others help you. When things don’t go the way they used to be search for other ways to achieve what you want. When things don’t go as well as in the past, keep trying other ways till you get the results you want.
