Students move-in with residents in Dutch nursing home and help combat social isolation and depression among elderly

What are you doing when confined in the student dormitory and tired of noise and harsh conditions? Of course, please call the local sanatoria.

This is what Dutch student Onno Selbach did when he got too busy at the college dormitory in Deventer, the Netherlands.

Now, Nursinghome Humanusus has succeeded in filling in the gap between young and old - by having other local university students live there free of charge - there are conditions - they spend 30 hours a month with 160 elderly people I have to

Based on research on this issue, Family Director Gea Sijpke is pleased to work with students to design a communication program to counter social isolation and loneliness of elderly men and women.

Family staff members discuss intermittent experiences in the context of the elderly, including watching sports, birthday celebrations, and most importantly, providing the company when the inhabitants are sick We reported that it is.

In an interview with PBS NewsHour, Sijpke talked about how the existence of students at home changed their daily lives: "Students bring them to the outside world. There are lots of warmth. "

Jurriën Mentink, another 19 year old teenagers planning student, provided a computer course for the elderly and explained his wish to cook for them.

In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), he added: "The life of the elderly is quite substantial, as a student you can learn a lot."

Especially when older people live alone, living at home may be isolated. Elderly people may have difficulty maintaining social relations when they are no longer working. In daily life support, residents can easily interact with their colleagues through organizational and organizational activities such as excursions, dances and cultural events as well as public places. It is very difficult to monitor advanced nutrition at home. Elderly people living alone may feel that cooking by themselves is not attractive. And for home carers it is difficult to monitor whether loved ones receive the necessary nutrients. In nursing care life, three meals a day are served to meet the changing health needs of the elderly. Even some luxurious communities offer food!

Both you and your dog can visit a special nursing home and assist living facilities through training and registration to help the elderly in nursing homes. The presence of a dog in a special nursing home for the elderly contributes to depression, isolation and solitude of the elderly. Pet visits can make the elderly a change required for frequent visitors, expectations, treatment, and daily nursing care activities. Through a plan like Therapy Dogs International, you can learn how to take a dog to a special nursing home.

Phillips CJ, Henderson AS conducted descriptive research to evaluate the prevalence of depression among resident of Australian special nursing home. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depression in Australian nursing home for nursing home residents using international diagnostic criteria and to explore the environmental determinants of such diseases. Using the Canberra Elderly Interview (CIE), the investigators from 24 special nursing home for the elderly were investigated and the scope of environmental measures was taken. Of the 323 inhabitants screened for cognitive dysfunction, 165 (51%) acquired 18 points or more in the mini mental state examination and received an interview. According to this study, the prevalence of major depressive episodes was 7%. 1% of residents have severe depression episodes, 7% are moderate depressive episodes, 7% are mild depressive episodes. Several social environmental indicators are significantly associated with depressive symptoms