Promising older adult mental health programs Promising older adult mental health programs

Collection: Health Policy and Services Research Series Title(s): Health policy fact sheet (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research) Author(s): Dupuy, Danielle, author Kietzman, Kathryn G., author Damron-Rodriguez, JoAnn, author Palimaru, Alina, author del Pino, Homero E., author Frank, Janet C., author Contributor(s): UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, issuing body. Publication: Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, January 2018 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Health Services for the Aged Mental Health Services California United States Genre(s): Technical Report Abstract: This fact sheet and the accompanying compendium provide information about 25 promising older adult mental health programs that were identified through the California Mental Health Older Adult System of Care Project. The two-year study assessed older adult mental health care service delivery in six counties through key informant interviews with administrators, county-contracted providers, and consumers of county mental health services. Specifically, stakeholders were interviewed about their views on facilitators for implementing an integrated and comprehensive system of mental health care for older adults and also on strategies for overcoming barriers to implementation. Through this process, the interviewees described mental health programs and services that they believed were beneficial for older adults based on firsthand experience. These older adult mental health programs are deemed promising in that, per the dictionary definition of that word, they "are likely to succeed or to yield good results" and also may be of interest to other counties across the state. Copyright: Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information) Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 unnumbered pages)) Illustrations: Illustrations NLM Unique ID: 101739335 (See catalog record) Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101739335