Ahmad Ramli, Fatimah Zailly (2013) Malay caregivers’ responses to depression among older adults. Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, 7 (4 (S)). pp. 405-412. ISSN 1995-0772

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Abstract

World Health Organization (WHO) have been identified older people as a vulnerable group that suffers from a range of different types of mental health problems particularly depression.Thus, providing caregiving for older people with depression has an impact on caregivers’ family life.This study sought to understand the Malay caregivers’ experiences of caregiving in the context of caring for older people with depression in Kelantan, Malaysia, as well as caregivers’ responses to them.In- depth interviews were conducted with eight Malay caregivers of older people with depression recruited from the outpatient psychiatric clinic.Data were digitally recorded and fully transcribed before being analyzed using thematic analysis.Participants reported that depression was particularly challenging, requiring a lot of attention and supervision because of the continuous distressed behaviour.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Depression, ageing, caregiving, Malaysia
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs. Fatimah Zailly Ahmad Ramli
Date Deposited:	29 Feb 2016 00:04
Last Modified:	29 Feb 2016 00:04
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17380

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