How would you determine if a person diagnosed with dementia is depressed?
What will be an ideal response?
People with early stage dementia can generally well articulate their experiences. Social workers should communicate respectfully and rely initially on observation of the persons mood as well as what they say about it. Feelings of sadness and fear are common following a diagnosis and these might be responses would be normal. AS a person with early stage dementia becomes aware of their cognitive losses, and anticipate the future profession of the disease he she might become depressed. In addition to an extensive interview with the person, tools such as the mini mental and the geriatric depression test could be administered in order to establish baseline information and these screens can be repeated over time to determine changes.
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