Seniors & Mental/Behavioral Health

Evidence-Based Practices

• ​PEARLS
• IDEAS​​

Promising Practices

• Alameda County:  GART
• Los Angeles: PEARLS
• Monterey County: Senior Peer Counseling
• San Diego County:  Geriatric Certificate Program
• Siskiyou County: Six Stone Wellness
• Tulare County:  Visalia Adult Integrated Care
• Older Veteran Behavioral Health Resource Inventory, US Department of Veterans Affairs​
• Senior Peer Counseling (Placer County)    5-minute Video 

Issue Briefs

• Older Adult Issue Brief - 2019  ADA Version
• ARF (Board & Care) - 2020  ADA Version​​

Teleconferences & Webinars

• Older Adults and Isolation during COVID-19 Webinar, Mental Health America
• 02.21.20 Recording - Dr. Kathryn Keitzman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
  • PowerPoint-Only (PDF) - UCLA Keitzman​
• 02.21.20 Recording - Reviewing & Advising re OA CALBHB/C Comstock
  • ​​PowerPoint-Only  (PDF)
• ​Preparing for the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults, SAMSHA 
  Webinar    Slides (PDF)

Workforce/Training

• Geriatric Training—On-line courses: SDSU
• MH First Aid Training for professionals and volunteers who work with Older Adults (such as Meals on Wheels, Community Centers, Residential and Hospice Care)
• Peer Specialists offer experience-based support. Examples: Pool of Consumer Champions; Alliance on Aging Peer Counseling  

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Reports

Older Adults Experiencing First Episode Psychosis & Late Onset of Serious Mental Illness, CA Behavioral Health Planning Council, June 2019

Aging and Addicted:  The Opioid Epidemic Affects Older Adults Too,
Kaiser Health News, 2016

CA Mental Health Older Adult System of Care Project: Proposed Outcomes & Indicators for Older Adult Public Mental Health Services,
​UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Mental Health and Older Adults, World Health Organization, 2016