Mini-conference on the Mental Health of Older Americans

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford H. Swensen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Americans

scholarly journals MENTAL HEALTH AND HUNGER: RISK FACTORS FOR HOSPITALIZATION AMONG HOME-DELIVERED MEAL PARTICIPANTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S227-S227
Author(s):  
Lisa Juckett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Random Forest Classification ◽  
Forest Classification ◽  
Older Americans Act ◽  
Unmet Mental Health

Abstract Home-delivered meals (HDMs) provided through the Older Americans Act (OAA) are intended to reduce hunger, promote socialization, and maximize wellness. However, HDM recipients are at increased likelihood of being hospitalized due to their complex health needs and risk for social isolation and depression. Drawing data from the OAA-HDM National Survey, we evaluated the predictors of hospitalization among HDM recipients in 2017. From our sample (n = 578), we conducted random forest classification analyses to identify the most important risk factors related to HDM recipient hospitalization. Our random forest model yielded an accuracy rate of 66.3% with risk factors most indicative of hospitalization being attributed to number of co-morbidities, depressive symptoms, and feelings of social isolation. These findings indicate that although HDMs may help alleviate hunger among older adults, innovate strategies are warranted to address the unmet mental health needs of HDM recipients.

AAGP Position Statement: Disaster Preparedness for Older Americans: Critical Issues for the Preservation of Mental Health

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 916-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Sakauye ◽  
Joel E. Streim ◽  
Gary J. Kennedy ◽  
Paul D. Kirwin ◽  
Maria D. Llorente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Critical Issues

scholarly journals In our hands: responding to the IOM report on workforce needs for older adults with mental health and substance use disorders

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1039-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Steffens
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Medicare Costs

In the United States, there are signs that we are coming to terms with the growing healthcare needs of older Americans. Over the past decade, exploding Medicare costs and the federal budget deficit have forced medical professionals, policy-makers, and other stakeholders to consider the consequences of an aging population. The US Congress commissioned a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the physical healthcare needs of the elderly adults and the geriatric healthcare workforce required to meet them, resulting in the 2008 IOM report Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (IOM, 2008). Following this report, Congress recognized that the work was not finished and that more information was needed about mental health and substance use (MH/SU) disorders in older Americans. The IOM was commissioned by Congress to convene a committee to study and report on the workforce needed to care for this group. In 2012, the IOM released The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults: In Whose Hands? (IOM, 2012).

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