A nurse is conducting an in-service presentation on depression for a group of nurses working in a long-term care facility. Which information would the nurse likely include?

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Mood disorders (especially depression) are often unrecognized or misdiagnosed in older adults partly due to the false belief that depression is a natural reaction to illness, advanced age, or life changes that occur with age and is therefore not viewed as something that needs to be treated. Furthermore, symptoms of depression may include poor cognitive performance, sleep problems, and lack of initiative-symptoms commonly seen in people with multiple chronic comorbidities such as diabetes or heart failure and in clients with dementia or delirium, causing it to be unrecognized. According to the CDC, most older adults are not depressed. Delusional and anxiety disorders are less common in the older adult.

A Nurse Is Conducting an In-Service Presentation on Depression for a Group