心理健康是衡量老年人健康的一个重要指标。进入老年以后，随着生理机能的逐渐衰退，对老年人的心理健康状况带来一定的影响，如记忆力、思维敏捷性下降、解决问题的能力减弱等。但老年人的生理老化与心理老化并不同步，有些老年人，进入高龄后仍能有成就，这与老年人的知识、文化、人生经历、环境及遗传等有着密切的关系。有较多的老年人因社会角色的变化、感觉器官功能的减退、体力不支及疾病、经济收入减少等因素的影响，常常表现为忧心忡忡、孤独不安、多猜疑、失落感。因此，要及时对老年人的心理健康状况做出正确的评估，采取相应护理措施，使老年人摆脱不良心理的影响，提高生命质量。 Mental health is an important indicator of the elderly health. Will go into old age, as the physiological function decline, a certain influence on the mental health status of the elderly, such as memory, thinking agility, weakened the ability to solve the problem, and so on. But the old people's physiological aging is not synchronous with the mental aging, some old people, enter the old still can have achievement, this has to do with the old knowledge, culture, life experiences, such as environmental and genetic have a close relationship. There are more elderly people because of the change of the social role, sense organs function decline, exhaustion and disease, economic income, reduce the influence of such factors as, often characterized by anxiety, loneliness, suspicion, loss. Therefore, to timely and correctly for the elderly mental health status of evaluation, adopt corresponding nursing measures, make the old people get rid of the bad psychological impact, improve the quality of life. •生命体征：体温、脉搏、呼吸和血压的变化会导致老人的情绪改变，如焦虑、紧张、恐惧或痛苦等。 Vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure changes will lead to the old man's mood changes, such as anxiety, tension, fear or pain. •面容表情：注意观察老人因情绪改变而引起的面容和表情的变化，如高兴、激动、兴奋、紧张、焦虑、痛苦和愤怒等。 Pay attention to the old man because of mood, facial expressions, change caused by the change of the face and expression, such as happy, excited, excited, nervous, anxiety, pain and anger, and so on. •情绪情感：注意观察老人内在的情感反应，如自卑、自责、悔恨、内疚、自信、自尊和自豪等，同时，也应倾听老人对自己情感的描述。 Emotion: watch the old inner emotional reactions, such as inferiority, remorse, regret, guilt, self-confidence, self-esteem and proud, at the same time, also should listen to the old man descriptions of their emotions. •姿势步态：注意观察老人是否有因情绪和情感活动所引起的身体姿势与步态的改变，当出现手足无措、坐立不安时往往反映内心的焦虑、惊恐和紧张，当手足发抖甚至身体发颤时要注意老人是否很气愤等。 Gait posture: watch the old man have caused by emotions and emotional activities of body posture, with the changes in the gait when appear unprepared, restless tend to reflect the heart of anxiety, fear and nervous when brothers shivering body tremble even pay attention to the old man is very angry, and so on. •精神、睡眠：注意观察老人的精神面貌与睡眠情况。有无萎靡不振、长吁短叹、消极悲观的精神状况，了解老人是否有入睡困难、早醒和多梦情况。 , spirit, and sleep: watch the old man's spirit and sleep. Presence of malaise, sigh, negative mental status, understand the old man have trouble falling asleep, wake up and dream. •动作行为：注意观察老人的行为与动作，是否有举止不端、不修边幅、衣衫褴褛、不爱整洁，在言语表情方面是否有懒言少语或喋喋不休、语调低沉或高昂，在动作方面是否有动作迟缓、不协调或笨拙现象。 Action: watch the old man's conduct and actions, have boorish manners, slovenly, ragged, neatness, whether there is a lazy speech less language in verbal expression, or chatter, tone low or high, if there is a slow in action, uncoordinated phenomenon or clumsy.