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Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
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Death Ideas, Suicidal Thoughts, and Plans Among Nursing Home Residents

Paolo Scocco, MD

Department of Mental Health, Padua, PROGRES-Older People National Research Group, scocco.paolo{at}virgilio.it

Giovanna Fantoni, MSc

PROGRES-Older People National Research Group

Monica Rapattoni, MSc

PROGRES-Older People National Research Group

Giovanni de Girolamo, MD

PROGRES-Older People National Research Group, Health Care Research Agency, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna

Luigi Pavan, MD

Department of Neurosciences, Padua University, Padua Italy

Recent studies have shown that suicides are at least as frequent among Nursing Home (NH) residents as they are among older people in the general population. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of death- and/or suicidal feelings, thoughts, and plans and any attempted suicides in a random, unselected sample (N = 288) of individuals aged 65-years-and-over, living in NHs located in the Veneto Region (the Italian North-East). One hundred seventy-two participants were surveyed with a response rate of 59.7%. Five sample questions were asked to investigate the presence of death- and suicidal thoughts, plans and behaviors in different time periods. Among the NH residents, 30.8% admitted having had death or suicidal thoughts or plans during the month prior to the interview. The oldest-old residents (85 + y) more frequently reported death-suicide ideation. This high frequency of death and/or suicidal feelings and thoughts among older NH residents should be carefully considered when planning and implementing health care programs in these facilities.

Key Words: suicidal ideation • suicide feeling • death ideation • elderly • nursing home

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 22, No. 2, 141-148 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0891988709332937
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