�Responding to the publication of the report 'Undiagnosed, untreated, at risk', into older people and depressive disorder, published by Age Concern England, Elizabeth McLennan, Senior Policy Officer at Help the Aged comments:-
"This story is a welcome means of raising awareness of older people and mental health - an issue which is all also often mis-diagnosed and left field untreated.
"General Practitioners ingest a paint role to play in more efficaciously pinpointing possible depression as patients acquaint themselves. Care home staff and managers must besides ensure their own noesis of symptoms associated with depression is improved. It is all too easy for older care home residents people suffering low to be without the right levels of support and treatment.
"Help the Aged continues to be concerned at the worryingly high levels of historic period discrimination within health services - something which the Charity's 'Just Equal Treatment' campaign has highlighted. The Government's forthcoming Equality Bill should address some of these issues, but a timetable for action is vital to ensure this unfairness is tackled as a precedency.
"Mental health issues should not be taboo subjects. More understanding of the treatable nature of conditions such as depression is urgently needful. No elderly person should ever deficiency support or help with mental wellness issues."
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Information on the Help the Aged 'Just Equal Treatment' safari can be found by visiting http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/campaigns
Help the Aged is the charity scrap to release disadvantaged sr. people in the UK and overseas from impoverishment, isolation, neglect and agism. It campaigns to get up public cognizance of the issues poignant older people and to bring about policy change. The Charity delivers a range of services: information and advice, home support and community living, including international development work. These are supported by its paid-for services and fundraising activities - which take to increase funding in the succeeding to respond to the growing unmet needs of disadvantaged elder people. Help the Aged also cash in hand vital research into the health issues and experiences of older people to improve the quality of later life.
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