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Question: TMA 02 How might the holistic model help meet the mental health needs of older people?
Answer: Emotional stability and good mental health is important regardless of a person’s age and just because someone is ageing it does not mean that they are losing their faculties, in fact a lot of older people do not suffer from a mental illness, yet many people fear growing older. Much of this could be due to the fact that getting older is seen as depressing as old age brings physical pain, loss of loved ones and loneliness and perhaps a lower quality of life. This may impact on an older person physically, emotionally and mentally and in some cases this results in some older people suffering from mental health issues. There is help widely available to people with mental health needs but it is not necessarily as accessible to older people for reasons such as age discrimination which results in some older people not receiving the right kind of care that people of other ages may receive.
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- Subject: Challenging Ideas In Mental Health
- Course: K272
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 78%
- Words: 1622
- Date submitted: June 13, 2013
- Date written: February, 2013
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 4859
