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What Affects Cares Homes in Our Country
- January 8th, 2010
Osteoporosis is a preventable condition. It’s ideal to begin thinking about preventative measures early in life, and the good news is that it’s never too late to alter the course of the disease. United States incurred an estimated loss of 10 billion dollars due to loss of productivity and health care costs related to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis literally leads to abnormally porous bone that is compressible, like a sponge. This disorder of the skeleton weakens the bone and results in frequent fractures (breaks) in the bones.
Patients may not be aware of their osteoporosis until they suffer a painful fracture. The symptom associated with osteoporotic fractures usually is pain.
Several studies have found that the loss of alveolar bone is linked to an increase in loose teeth (tooth mobility) and tooth loss. Women with osteoporosis are three times more likely to experience tooth loss. Approximately three million people in the UK have osteoporosis, and there are over 230,000 fractures every year as a result. Generally, the higher the bone density, the stronger the bones. Bone density is greatly influenced by genetic factors and can be affected by environmental factors and medications. During the first five to 10 years after menopause, women can suffer up to 2%-4% loss of bone density per year! This can result in the loss of up to 25%-30% of their bone density during that time period.
Depression is also a common condition in care homes nowadays. In General, depression can be defined as a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. Unless society takes active and effective steps to eradicate the sense of stigma, care homes in Oxfordshire will continue to face difficult problems in diagnosing elderly depression, communicating a positive diagnosis to patients in denial, and persuading them to accept and persist with treatment.
The core challenge of elderly depression in our time is not primarily one of understanding the condition but rather one of managing it effectively. A type of depression involving long-term, chronic symptoms that are not disabling is Dysthymia. It keep a person from functioning at “full steam” or from feeling good. Dysthymia is a less severe type of depression than what is accorded the diagnosis of major depression. However, people with dysthymia may also sometimes experience major depressive episodes, suggesting that there is a continuum between dysthymia and major depression.
