Research Paper On Nursing Home Residents

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Nursing Home Residents Perception on Therapeutic Alliance Over the years, the amount of research has increased especially for individuals in nursing home dealing with depression. Current research has demonstrated that the prevalence of depression in nursing homes has been consistently high (Llewellyn-Jones & Snowdon, 2007, p. 629). However, current research has been done in order to determine the perception of the nursing home resident on depression. Even though healthcare workers fail to recognize depression in nursing home residents, nursing home residents with depression should seek treatment such as cognitive-behavioral-therapy for the sake that nursing home residents with depression who do not seek treatment will have an effect on their …show more content…

Individuals perceive failure in the areas such as coping or problem-solving. (Bahr & Brown, 2012, p. 117). Nursing home residents may perceive failure when it comes to problem-solving for reasons such as a lack of autonomy. Many nursing home residents dismiss their feelings of hopelessness for he or she regard it as normal (Kril, Pesiah, Rodriguez, & Snowdon, 2007, p. 649). However, feelings of hopelessness at any age should not be recognized as normal, but instead as an indicator of depression. Major depression has been found in various nursing home residents that are cognitively impaired (Llewellyn-Jones & Snowdon, 2007, p. 629). Residents that are cognitively impaired experience hopelessness which tend to be overlooked by health workers. Also, residents perceive he or she is not useful or lacks a sense of meaning in life. Residents that had a professional job had a difficult adapting to the different lifestyle in nursing homes (Choi et al., 2008, 540). Many nursing homes fail to provide complex and meaningful related tasks for residents. Residents are in need of mastery related task in order to feel one has fulfilled a

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