[Depression in the elderly and the care pathway]. / Dépression du sujet âgé et parcours de soins.

ABSTRACT

The French population is aging and forecasts for 2040 indicate that seniors could represent a quarter of the population. Depressive illness affects elderly subjects just as much, if not more. There is a clinical specificity of depression in this age group which explains why it is currently under-diagnosed and therefore under-treated. Taking into consideration the care pathway of the depressed elderly subject is a lever to increase the efficiency of access to care and to professionalize the coordinated approach to treatment.