{"id":78637,"date":"2018-05-14T01:42:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/could-technology-help-cure-depression-among-older-adults-short-answer-yes"},"modified":"2018-05-17T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T17:11:21","slug":"could-technology-help-cure-depression-among-older-adults-short-answer-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/could-technology-help-cure-depression-among-older-adults-short-answer-yes","title":{"rendered":"Could technology help cure depression among older adults? (Short answer: Yes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/could-technology-help-cure-depression-among-older-adults-short-answer-yes.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is important because \u201cthe go-to treatment for many cases of depression is medication\u2026this treatment option can cause as many issues as the problem it is trying to solve. Antidepressants can put residents at greater risk of falls, negative health complications and other poor conditions\u2026studies indicate that antidepressants may not be effective for most older Americans. (Additionally) Medication adherence is another significant challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>___ Why technology \u2014 not medication \u2014 is the future of treating older adults with depression (McKnight\u2019s Long-term Care News): \u201cThe go-to treatment for many cases of depression is medication. Unfortunately, this treatment option can cause as many issues as the problem it is trying to solve. Antidepressants can put.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/sharpbrains.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/could-technology-help-cure-depression-among-older-adults-short-answer-yes\/\">https:\/\/sharpbrains.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/could-technology-hel...nswer-yes\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is important because \u201cthe go-to treatment for many cases of depression is medication\u2026this treatment option can cause as many issues as the problem it is trying to solve. Antidepressants can put residents at greater risk of falls, negative health complications and other poor conditions\u2026studies indicate that antidepressants may not be effective for most older [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78732,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78637\/revisions\/78732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}