(Continuing Education Units Applied for: Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, and CME’s for Physicians)
FREE WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY
GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA CONSORTIUM
(University of Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State University, and Temple University)
Pennsylvania’s Behavioral Health and Aging Forum began as a cross system educational program for mental health and aging providers to encourage collaborative relationships. In 2007, the Forum offered an overview of aging, mental health and substance abuse issues. In 2008 we continue the discussion of aging and behavioral health issues by examining behavioral approaches for “difficult behaviors”, the growing issues of medication misuse, substance abuse/gambling in older adults, and the family systems issues and dynamics of caring for older individuals. The 2008 Forum “Behavioral Health Issues of Older Adults” continues to recognize that the issues of older adults are multidisciplinary, and cross system collaboration enables us to more effectively serve older adults in Pennsylvania.
Location:
October 16, 2008
Masonic Village
1 Masonic Drive, Freemasons Cultural Center
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
More Information:
This training is for all individuals involved in the arena of “long term living” to include: aging care managers, family members, mental health workers, nurses, nursing assistants, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists, or social workers.
Educational Objectives:
At the completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
Appreciate the current and projected incidence and prevalence of older adults with substance abuse/misuse/addiction issues & gambling – baby boomers vs. current;
Recognize the face(s) of abuse and addiction in older adults (includes gambling addition, medication misuse and abuse, medication with alcohol, alcohol only and illicit drug use);
Describe at least 5 underlying principles of behavior management;
Discuss the role of person centered care, strength based assessment and culture change principles in behavior management interventions;
Discuss the value of addressing caregiver stress as a means of reducing mental health issues among caregivers.
Click here for more details and a registration form.
PLEASE NOTE: There is a $25.00 fee associated with this training.
A chance to meet and greet old friends, and see resources now available to help the people you serve. Space is limited.
Certified Peer Specialists, Recovery Specialists, Aging & Mental Health Professionals
Pennsylvania Behavioral Health & Aging Coalition&“Behavioral Health Connection”
(An APPRISE Program)
Presents 1-Day Training Sessions
Behavioral Health Issues in Older Adults &Understanding and Accessing Medicare Services for Mental Health Consumers
October 9, 2008 @ Mountain View Inn 121 Village Drive Greensburg, PA 15601
November 19, 2008 @ Inn at Chester Springs 815 North Pottstown PikeExton, PA 19341
December 10, 2008 @ Radisson Penn Harrisburg, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass Camp Hill, PA 17011
All Sessions will be held from 8:30 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry,
American Psychological Association,
National Association of Social Workers, and
The Older Women’s League
in cooperation with
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
invite you to attend
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of an Aging America:
Opportunities and Challenges for Federal Policy
May 15, 2008
325 Russell Senate Office Building
9:00am-10:30am
This will be a widely attended event and breakfast will be served
Presenters:
Addressing the Geriatric Mental Health Workforce Crisis
Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and University of Pittsburgh
Promoting Positive Aging through Integrated Health Care
Toni C. Antonucci, PhD, American Psychological Association and University of Michigan
Mental Health Parity in Medicare
James K. Finley, National Association of Social Workers
Older Americans Mental Health Week: Educating Nursing Assistants about Mental Health
Ashley B. Carson, JD, Older Women’s League
Please RSVP to Joslyn Smith at the American Psychological Association at jsmith@apa.org or (202) 336-6097.
SAVE THE DATE
PENNSYLVANIA 2ND ANNUAL
SUICIDE PREVENTION CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2008
Holiday Inn/Harrisburg-Hershey
GRANTVILLE, PA.
The Pennsylvania Behavioral Health and Aging Coalitions
Presents
Older Adults & Substance Abuse: Issues for Pennsylvania
June 19-20, 2008
The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
State College, PA
The Pennsylvania Behavioral Health & Aging Coalition Mental Health Resource Center is a joint initiative between the Pennsylvania Department of Aging APPRISE Program and the Behavioral Health Community to ensure that mental health consumers have appropriate access to the APPRISE Network and other CMS Customer Service Programs. Additionally, the Center offers technical assistance to local APPRISE Programs to support mental health consumers in obtaining necessary Medicare Services to meet their mental health treatment needs including prescription drugs.
Additionally, the Center’s agenda includes collaborative efforts with the Pennsylvania Behavioral Health & Aging Coalition in advocating for appropriate mental health services for older adults. The Center offers education, awareness, and outreach campaigns to inform the mental health community of APPRISE Services. Priorities will emphasize ensuring that consumers have pertinent information relating to accessing prescription medications and ensure that mental health consumers have the same technical assistance to prescription plans as other beneficiaries.
Susan Jeffrey
Medscape Medical News 2008. (c) 2008 Medscape
March 20, 2008 - A new report released by the Alzheimer’s Association
includes new estimates that show the lifetime risk for Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) is 17% in women and 9% in men who live to age 55 years.
The figures mean that 10 million of the 78 million baby boomers alive
today can expect to develop AD in their lifetime; this number
increases to 14 million if other dementias are included.
The new numbers outlining remaining lifetime risk at age 55 years were
provided to the Alzheimer’s Association by authors of the Framingham
Heart Study, and the data appear in the association’s report, 2008
Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, released this week.
Alzheimer’s Association president and CEO Harry Johns said in a
statement that the information in this report “makes it clear that the
crisis cannot be ignored, not when 10 million baby boomers are at risk
of developing this fatal disease. Unchecked, this disease will impose
staggering consequences on families, the economy, and the nation’s
health and long-term care infrastructure.”
The report includes information ranging from prevalence, to mortality,
to costs for direct care, to indirect costs to caregivers. The
document also includes a special report on remaining lifetime risk,
based on data from the Framingham Heart Study, authored by Alexa
Beiser, PhD, Sudha Seshadri, MD, Rhoda Au, PhD, and Philip A. Wolf,
MD, from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health in
Massachusetts.
Other data included in the report:
Currently, 5.2 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease.
About 1 in 8 people older than 65 years (approximately 13%) have the
disease.
Women are more likely to develop AD than men, although this is
principally because they live longer on average than men.
As many as a half-million new cases will develop every year by 2010;
by 2050, that number is expected to grow to 1 million.
Alzheimer’s disease is among the top 10 leading causes of death for
people of all ages, and number 5 for those 60 years and older.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although
mortality rates for heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and
stroke declined between 2000 and 2005, rates for AD increased by
almost 45%, the report notes. This decline in death rates in other
causes of death might be expected to further increase rates of
dementia as people live longer, the report points out.
Direct costs to Medicare and Medicaid for the care of people with AD
and other dementias and indirect costs to businesses with employees
who are caregivers for someone with AD amount to more than $148
billion annually. In 2000, total Medicare costs per beneficiary for
beneficiaries with AD 65 years and older were on average 3 times
higher than for other beneficiaries.
In 2007, nearly 10 million Americans 18 years and older provided 8.4
billion hours of unpaid care to people with AD (valued at $89
million), 4 times what Medicare pays for nursing-home care for AD and
other dementias.
About 250,000 children between the ages of 8 and 18 years are also
providing care for loved ones with AD, and about 1 million caregivers
have to provide that care from a distance of more than 2 hours away.
Seek help as soon as possible by contacting a mental health professional or by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK if you or someone you know exhibits any of the following signs:
Download a Lifeline wallet card to keep with you or give out: These cards include tips on how to help or get help, and summaries of warning signs.
What To Do if You Think a Person Is Having Suicidal Thoughts [PDF]
