Mental Health Promotion in Elderly Care Home
Obasuyi, Donald (2022)
Obasuyi, Donald
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022121429791
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022121429791
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Mental health and well-being of the elderly people is quite important just like any other time in life. However, recognizing mental illness and promoting mental health and well-being of the elderly people in care home needs more commitment as the growing numbers of ageing population is increasing globally. The aim of this thesis was to explore the basic mental health issues in elderly care home, and the purpose is to promote mental health for the elderly people. This thesis is a qualitative researched paper and has used a semi-structured interview in collecting data from five care givers working in elderly care home. The result of the interview has shown Anxiety, dementia, depression, and loneliness as most common mental health issues in elderly care home. The results of the interview have been analysed using content analysis in relation to Barker’s theory ‘‘Tidal Model of Mental Recovery.’’ The concept of Tidal model for mental recovery emphasises on mental health promotion and that is why it fits very well to form part of the result analysis and the theoretical framework of this thesis. This thesis concluded by explaining options to promoting mental health of the elderly people in care home.
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