The nurse is teaching staff at a long-term health care facility about depression in older adults. Which comment by a staff member indicates the need for further teaching?

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3. Depressed older adults may feel they are supposed to feel sad or blue as they age; however, these are not normal aspects of the aging process. Depression may be exhibited in older adults by a preoccupation with physical symptoms such as chronic pain or constipation-called somatization. Loss of executive function, which includes the ability to sequence, organize, or extract information, as well as loss of interest and apathy may indicate depression in older adults.

The Nurse Is Teaching Staff at a Long-Term Health Care