Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing among Old age People

Promoting mental
health

Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing among Old age People......................................................3
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
According to world health organization (WHO), mental health is considered as the
stage of well being of a person in which they realizes their own capabilities in order to cope
up with the normal stressful situation of life. This will also considered the situation in which
an individual can work fruitfully as well as productively in any situation and they effectively
contributes to their community(Afif, 2020). The respective essay is based on interventions in
order to improve the mental health as well as well being of old age people in the society.
Topics coved in respective project is definition of mental health, well being, happiness as
well as mental ill health. Moreover it also include factors which influence population mental
health and well being situation. It also include present United Kingdom policy on the mental
health and well being. Moreover it describe about how the mental health can promoted in
several settings which include understanding of primary as well as secondary prevention.
Along with this, it also include interventions related to mental health among the old age
people.
MAIN BODY
Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing among Old age People
Mental health can be defined as a state of well-being wherein is able to realize their
own potential, work in a productive manner and cope with the normal stresses of life in an
effective manner. Good mental health is important for individuals to work effectively and live
a healthy life. On the other hand, well-being can be defined as the state of being comfortable
and healthy. Overall wellbeing is important for people as it helps them in carrying out their
day-to-day tasks in an effective manner and productively. Happiness may be described as the
experience of pleasure, contentment, or fine nicely-being, mixed with a sense that one's
existence is good, significant, and worthwhile. The fundamental cause why happiness is so
crucial is that it is extremely essential to our very own dreams in lifestyles and can help to
acquire many other loved non-public ambitions and goals(Golightley and Goemans, 2020).
There are various factors that can affect the overall mental health as well as wellbeing of a
population. For example, people who feel loved, trusted and cared by their families as well as
others in the society have good mental health and live happy lives. This is not the case with
people who do not feel loved.
A lack of confidence can also affect the mental and other factors can include dealing
with difficult behavior, continuous physical ill health and abuse. All of these factors can