The care of the children as experience of recovery of major adult with depression

Abstract

We present the case of an adult over 73 years of age, residing in Casa Triaje Centro attached to the National Institute of Social Services, upon admission it was found that she presents several pathologies such as arterial hypertension, renal complications and depressive disorders that led her to try to commit suicide three times due to emotional, social and functional losses. For all the aforementioned, this case is decided in order to provide evidence from the experience of the elderly, in the management of depression using the Hamilton assessment scale with which it was found that her level of depression is light or less since he took care of his granddaughter who has a history of Down syndrome.