Title: Depression in Elderly Care Recipients
Headings: Depression in Elderly Care Recipients
Depression in Elderly Care Recipients
Book (2014): How to Deal with 21 Critical Issues Facing Aging Seniors
Introduction
Prevalence of Elder Depression
Diagnosing Elder Depression
Treatment for Elder Depression
Conclusion
References

Content: Do families even know what they're dealing with? How do we completely care for what we don't fully understand? Sadly, there is a "what's the use" attitude regarding our elderly. Our society is youth oriented. Old age is just the end of life. The elderly are merely "invisible citizens" (Dixon, p. 5). Family members and caregivers could change such attitudes by influencing a more empathic notion of aging in the family system and in the society of increasing numbers of elderly around us. The needs of aging Americans should not be ignored. Margaret Kuhn, a founder of the "gray panthers" in 1971 and advocate of the rights of elderly persons until her death in 1995, stated well that "aging is a life-spanning process of growth and development from birth to death. Old age is an integral part of the whole, bringing fulfillment and self-actualization.