Innovative Initiatives to Serve the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness

August 12, 2024 Webinar
This is a SAMHSA sponsored webinar presented by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute (NRI).
Description: This webinar opens with an overview of the demographics of older adults in the United States and numbers currently being served by state mental health systems. The webinar then introduces possible intervention points for services for older adults with serious mental illness. It focuses on the coordination of such services within and across regions of a state and how to fund coordination and discusses the process to determine need for a specific intervention, as well as how to plan, enact, and fund interventions for older adults with serious mental illness. This webinar also covers older adult services within the crisis system, illustrated by examples from Oregon.
Presenter:
Nirmala Dhar, MSW, LCSW - Senior Policy Analyst and the Older Adult Behavioral Health Lead Strategist for Oregon Health Authority ‘s Division of Behavioral Health.