ABSTRACT
Most older adults prefer and are successful at "aging in place"-that is, maintaining their independence in their own home. For the frailest and most debilitated older adults, however, nursing home placement is of-
5 tentimes necessary. About 5% of older adults live in a nursing home at any point in time, a figure that has remained stable since the early 1970s (National Center for Health Statistics, 2002). Depression is one of the most prevalent and serious psychological problems
10 among nursing home residents. About 15% to 50% of residents suffer from diagnosable depression (see review by Streim & Katz, 1996).
