TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Death Ideas, Suicidal Thoughts, and Plans Among Nursing Home Residents
JO  - Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
A1  - Scocco, Paolo
A1  - Fantoni, Giovanna
A1  - Rapattoni, Monica
A1  - Girolamo, Giovanni de
A1  - Pavan, Luigi
SP  - 141
EP  - 148
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - Recent studies have shown that suicides are at least as frequent among Nursing Home (NH) residents as they are among older people in the general population. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of death- and/or suicidal feelings, thoughts, and plans and any attempted suicides in a random, unselected sample (N = 288) of individuals aged 65-years-and-over, living in NHs located in the Veneto Region (the Italian North-East). One hundred seventy-two participants were surveyed with a response rate of 59.7%. Five sample questions were asked to investigate the presence of death- and suicidal thoughts, plans and behaviors in different time periods. Among the NH residents, 30.8% admitted having had death or suicidal thoughts or plans during the month prior to the interview. The oldest-old residents (85 + y) more frequently reported death-suicide ideation. This high frequency of death and/or suicidal feelings and thoughts among older NH residents should be carefully considered when planning and implementing health care programs in these facilities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-9887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891988709332937
ID  - ref1
ER  -