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Depression Study |
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In
1994 the Foundation supported a validation study of the GDS depression
screen among nursing home residents in New York City. In 1994 the
Foundation supported a validation study of depression among nursing
home residents in New York City. A total of 66 newly-admitted residents
in two nursing homes were given complete psychiatric assessments and
measured on the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale. As a result of
this study, health care providers serving nursing home populations
have an improved mental health diagnostic process and are now better
able to detect depression among the elderly, which is easily treatable.
The findings were published in the May 1994 issue of the Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society, “Validating the GDS Depression
Screen in the Nursing Home.” This work was selected by the American
Health and Hospital Association as a landmark — setting the
standard of care in the U.S. for long-term care facilities.
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