Psychological characteristics of elderly patients and psychological care.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Psychological characteristics of elderly patients and psychological care Implementation of psychological care for elderly patients is an important work, how the psychological characteristics of elderly patients with modern, effective mental health care for elderly patients is a subject worth exploring below the elderly on common psychological problems are summarized and proposed interventions. 1 current psychological characteristics of elderly patients 1.1 Lost and lonely elderly patients often modern and old because of his seniority, contribution to the large, the economy is good, during the reign of the contrast with the role after retirement, and my heart will inevitably produce a sense of loss. Personality is more irritable, compliance is poor, like the people around can respect and humble them, manifested as self-righteous, stubborn, autocratic, irritability, picky blame others, while some older patients especially afraid of loneliness, during hospitalization, because the word of life, family and the outside world with a lack of emotional exchange and communication between the heart , patients are often easy to produce a sense of abandonment, resulting in personality and behavior changes. psychological loneliness in elderly patients, more performance for the stubborn, self-esteem is strong, taciturn. 1.2 Fear and anxiety as a variety of functional decline in older people, some of the acute phase of disease to patients can cause enormous psychological pressure, such as myocardial infarction, patients with persistent pain may be arising due to the fear of dying heart, plus hospital after the diet, rest, sleep and other aspects difficult to cope with the daily patterns of life has been disrupted, combined with illness, fear and anxiety to the spirit of such patients showed irritability, groaning with pain, poor sleep, not eating, only interested in healing time and prognosis. 1.3 sensitive and suspicion in