Prévalence de la dépression en EHPADÂ : nécessité d'une approche gérontopsychiatrique

Eighty-five percent of elderly resident in retirement home have a neuropsychiatric problem but not a good enough treatment. How to improve care and life quality? An observation with MADRS scale in seven nursing homes show a high prevalence of psychiatric troubles. The intervention of gerontopsychiatric workers could: (1) appraise, (2) have a therapeutic role and (3) help the elderly nursing home workers to anticipate, diffuse crises, and help the families. This work would complete the pluriprofessionnal competences of the institution.