Estudio de caso de adulto mayor con depresión y su afectación en las áreas del funcionamiento.

Abstract

The research entitled "Case study of older adults with depression and its involvement in the areas of functioning" aimed to describe the impact of depression in the areas of functioning during older adulthood, through qualitative information collection techniques that allow the construction of strategies that mitigate the evidenced alterations. The research approach was qualitative, and what is going to be an exploratory and investigative method and at the same time holistic. Population It is immersed in the context of Jardín de mis Abuelitos Home Geriatric in the city of San José de Cúcuta, since it was not possible to study the population in its entirety, it was decided to use a probabilistic sampling for convenience, therefore, the The sample will be represented by an older adult whose age ranges between 60 and 75 years of the Jardín de mis Abuelitos Geriatric Home. Results to conclude, depression is a disorder that significantly affects the different dimensions of life, personal, emotional, cognitive, physiological and family-social, since it is incapacitating, gives a negative perception of self-concept, emotional instability occurs, thoughts are implanted and ideas of death, generates alteration in behavior, as well as the isolation of support networks, for this reason it was essential to generate knowledge about depression and develop psychoeducational strategies so that both the older adult and the caregiver had full understanding of what depression is and had some tools to help mitigate the alterations that were evidenced.