The Growing Need of Geropsychological Intervention in Older Adults

Background: Geropsychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on understanding and assisting older people and their families in maintaining their well-being, overcoming challenges, and reaching their full potential in later life. Everyone wants to age ‘successfully’ with functional ability and a high quality of life as they get older. The study of the physical elements of ageing, as well as the mental, social, and societal ramifications of ageing, is known as gerontology. Various curable mental health illnesses affect older persons, just as they do younger adults. Furthermore, stresses typical in later life, such as the death of a loved one, relocation, health issues, caregiving duties, changes in work status, and poverty, have a substantial impact on older individuals’ health and independence. Family connections, memory, capacity evaluation, health promotion, and substance misuse are some of the topics that geropsychology deals. Psychologists have made substantial contributions to the understanding and treatment of today’s main health challenges including heart disease, cancer, mental illnesses, dementia, chronic pain, and arthritis, among others. Geropsychologists are at the forefront of research on health, ageing, and the impact of cognitive therapies on improving or maintaining general cognitive status in older persons with varying cognitive capacities. As older persons become more reliant on their adult offspring, family roles evolve and carers face a slew of new pressures, putting older adults and caregivers at risk for mental illness. Elderly people are entering nursing homes later and sicker than ever before, resulting in patients who are more physically frail and complicated, requiring more advanced care and therapy. Aim: The goal of this article is to look at the effect of behavioural and related psychological intervention in the ageing process of older persons. Conclusion: In the field of health and ageing research, Geropsychology is at the forefront. There is a rising need to comprehend and support initiatives to address their mental and behavioural health issues as well as to articulate an evolving positive ageing strategy framework for directing future treatments with older people. By providing psychotherapies and treatments to treat a range of diseases, ageing problems, and obstacles, geropsychology helps older persons live full lives well into their old age.