A Review of the Influencing Factors of Preventing and Treating Depression and Dementia among Empty Nesters in Rural China

Abstract

This research article pinpoints four approaches that affect empty nesters in rural areas from getting effective treatment of depression in order to prevent potential risks of dementia from four factors: lack of social support and medical centers, lack of mental health specialists and low education levels. This research is a literature review based research paper. This paper synthesizes the main findings of multiple scholarly articles in the field of dementia, depression, elderly, empty nesters and rural China. This paper aims to highlight four dominant contributors of dementia risk related to depressive symptoms or early depression diagnosis among empty nesters in rural China.