Importance Depression in older adults is a common psychiatric disorder affecting their
health-related quality of life. Major depression occurs in 2% of adults aged 55 years or older …

Is depression among older adults symptomatically different than younger adults? Is it more
common or chronic or difficult to treat? Is depression in late life more likely to be attributed to …

Purpose In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies using social
robots to improve psychological well‐being. This systematic review investigates the effect of …

The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics has called for increased
research in nursing homes to help improve quality of life of the residents. 1 e3 This has led …

Objective To evaluate the effect of a dance-based therapy on depressive symptoms among
institutionalized older adults. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Nursing homes …

Objective: For at least two decades, concerns have been raised about inappropriate
psychotropic prescribing in Australian residential aged care facilities, due to their modest …

BACKGROUND: Depression is common in the elderly and in the last few years this led to a
significant increase in antidepressant prescription rates. However, little is known about …

Background Late-life depression is common among older adults living in nursing homes
(NHs). Over the last 30 years there has been an increase in the rates of prescription of …

Objectives To examine the predictive validity of a quick frailty screening tool, the FRAIL-NH,
for adverse health outcomes in nursing home residents, using variables from the Minimum …

Background: Depression in nursing facilities is widespread and has been historically under-
recognized and inadequately treated. Many interventions have targeted depression among …