NCJ Number
197039
Date Published
2002
Length
132 pages
Annotation
This volume describes 15 programs that involve linking with community partners to provide seniors needed support without requiring individual organizations to commit large amounts of staff time or money.
Abstract
The profiles in this guide offer a broad range of models to address substance abuse and mental health problems in older adults. The guide highlights how the programs operate, offers lessons from their successes, and shows how a direct approach to these problems can enhance the capabilities of services for the aging and foster vital aging in older adults. Many of the service providers profiled in this guide had no previous experience in helping older adults with alcohol, medication, and mental health problems. They developed the ability to counter these problems by building community alliances. The guide includes a directory, by State, of mental health and aging coalitions, a copy of the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-- Geriatric Version (S-MAST-G), and a Fax Back Form. Notes, resources, references, appendixes