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  • - Older adults with schizophrenia encounter specific health challenges related to treatment needs, complex care, and a higher risk of health issues as they age, with a study revealing these experiences from 15 participants averaging 69 years old.
  • - Four main themes identified in the study include: the burden of managing symptoms, feelings of emptiness and agony, social isolation, and the presence of supportive systems that provide hope.
  • - The findings highlight the need for healthcare professionals to focus on better follow-up care, patient engagement, understanding living conditions, and enforcing welfare policies to enhance the mental health and quality of life for these individuals.

Article Abstract

Older adults diagnosed with schizophrenia face unique public health challenges, with specific treatment needs, complex care demands, accelerated aging, and increased susceptibility to health issues. This phenomenological study explored the existential realities and needs of older adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. Fifteen participants, with a mean age of 69.47 (SD ± 9.47) years, ranging from 62 to 79 years old and hailing from rural regions, participated in the study. Four main themes and eight sub-themes emerge: compounding the burden (challenges in symptom management, comorbidities); the abyss of a life filled with emptiness (loss of mental pillars, living in agony); living on the margins of society (the vicious cycle of social and self-isolation, unattainable social welfare); and glimmer of light in the darkness (support systems, self-adjustment). The study calls for healthcare professionals to improve follow-up care efficiency, strengthen engagement, understand patients' living conditions and needs, enforce existing welfare policies for older mentally ill patients, and enhance their mental health and quality of life.

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