The mental health and substance use workforce for older adults : in whose hands? / Committee on Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations, Board of Health Care Servcies ; Jill Eden [and three others], editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations, issuing body.

Contributor:

Eden, Jill, editor.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board of Health Care Servcies, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Alcohol use.

Older people.

Older people--Drug use.

Alcoholism--Treatment.

Alcoholism.

Drug abuse--Treatment.

Drug abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"At least 5.6 million to 8 million--nearly one in five--older adults in America have one or more mental health and substance use conditions, which present unique challenges for their care. With the number of adults age 65 and older projected to soar from 40.3 million in 2010 to 72.1 million by 2030, the aging of America holds profound consequences for the nation. For decades, policymakers have been warned that the nation's health care workforce is ill-equipped to care for a rapidly growing and increasingly diverse population. In the specific disciplines of mental health and substance use, there have been similar warnings about serious workforce shortages, insufficient workforce diversity, and lack of basic competence and core knowledge in key areas. Following its 2008 report highlighting the urgency of expanding and strengthening the geriatric health care workforce, the IOM was asked by the Department of Health and Human Services to undertake a complementary study on the geriatric mental health and substance use workforce. The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults: In Whose Hands? assesses the needs of this population and the workforce that serves it. The breadth and magnitude of inadequate workforce training and personnel shortages have grown to such proportions, says the committee, that no single approach, nor a few isolated changes in disparate federal agencies or programs, can adequately address the issue. Overcoming these challenges will require focused and coordinated action by all."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter ""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Assessing the Service Needs of Older Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions""; ""Untitled""; ""3 The Geriatric Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce""; ""4 Workforce Implications of Models of Care for Older Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions""; ""5 In Whose Hands? Recommendations for Strengthening the Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Americans""; ""Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms""

""Appendix B: Public Workshop Agenda""""Appendix C: Required Knowledge, Skills, and Training for Mental Health, Substance Use, and Geriatric Care Providers""; ""Appendix D: IOM Recommendations from Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (2008)""; ""Appendix E: Committee Biographies""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-25666-6

OCLC:

923289643