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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 20 Depression in Elderly Nursing Progress Study: High Jing Yuan Qun Guo-Ping Gao Jing [Keywords:] of depression, treatment, care With the population aging, the elderly, mental health problems have received increasing attention, in which the most common geriatric depression. But in fact, many elderly people did not have symptoms of depression can be identified and treated promptly, and depression in old age older persons themselves will further aggravate the symptoms of chronic diseases (1). China has officially entered the aging society, how to recognize early the importance of prevention and treatment of depression, and actively take a scientific medical means and measures to avoid the psychological problems of the elderly to further expand into the heavy pressure of family and society, is urgently needed to study and solve the problem. In this paper, treatment and care of senile depression the new progress are summarized below. 1 The clinical features of depression Of depression in addition to a depression of the “three lows” (that is, depression, mental activity slow, actions to reduce symptoms, but also showed atypical symptoms, the mood disorders and somatic complaints were mixed state. The main clinical performance are: depression, mood, lack of pleasant feeling, not experience joy, no reason for the continued fatigue, about 80% of patients have sleep disorders, loss of appetite about 70% there, talking, thinking and motor retardation, most of them complained of physical discomfort and pain and have low self-evaluation (about 75% of the patients often exaggerate their own shortcomings abnormal, low self-esteem, self-blame, there is guilt, suicidal ideas and behavior. 2 The incidence of geriatric depression According to the survey: 85% of the elderly over the world there are different degrees of more or less psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, senile dementia. To depression, the world’s 3% of elde