STRATEGIES TO

Provide educational materials to increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of depression in older adults.

Educate older adults, caregivers, and/or healthcare providers around strategies to reduce depression.

Create support groups and other types of “talk therapy” or socialization events.

Encourage older adults to get between seven and nine hours of sleep every night, develop new hobbies, adopt healthy eating habits, and participate in a variety of activities that increase movement and socialization with others.

Promote evidence-based programs that help older adults effectively address depression such as Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) http://impact-uw.org/, Program to Encourage Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS), http://www.pearlsprogram.org/, and Healthy IDEAS (Identifying Depression, Empowering Activities for Seniors) http://www.ncoa.org/improve-health/center-for-healthy-aging/healthy-ideas-identifying.html

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