Question

What relevance is a geriatric mental health scale to the patient? 150 words

Answer 1

The geriatric mental health scale is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the wide range of psychopathology in older adults in all the settings especially in community settings. There are different types of scales such as Alzhiemer's disease assessment scale, cognitive failure questionnaire, Psychiatric rating scale,, disability assessment scale for dementia etc. Geriatric mental health scale is a simple test, designed to be simple and it is self reported . The geriatric mental health scale is assessed by a interviewer and it takes only 2 to 8 minutes. Geriatric mental health scale is very useful in all the settings of health care providers, to assess elderly people's health and well-being . Using geriatric mental health scale,, mainly we can assess the level of depression. The major health problem in elderly people is depression. So we have to take measures to alleviate or to reduce the level of depression . For this, the primary step is to assess the problem of depression . So the geriatric mental health scale is very essential in all the health care settings.