Depression care management at home for older adults with depression is recommended on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in improving short-term depression outcomes. Home-based depression care management involves active screening for depression, measurement-based outcomes, trained depression care managers, case management, patient education, and a supervising psychiatrist.

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Guide To Community Preventive Services [Internet]. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Community Guide Branch; [updated 2013 Mar 14]. Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults: Home-Based Depression Care Management; [reviewed 2011 Dec 17; cited 2013 Feb 22]. Available from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mentalhealth/depression-home.html