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Valuing experience: older people and mental health
- Authors:
- MENTAL HEALTH MEDIA, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Media
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- (43 mins.), videocassette, booklet (20p.)
- Place of publication:
- London
The video features testimony from older people with mental health problems speaking powerfully about the isolation, discrimination and difficulties they’ve faced. Significantly, they move on to share positive experiences of the help and support they receive, alongside their own involvement in making decisions about their care, that enables them to live well. Valuing Experience also features interviews with older people’s advocates and highlights exceptional examples of work in the voluntary sector that demonstrate good practice in person-centred care and promoting well-being and an active lifestyle. Research shows that older people are frequently let down when they really need help and support. 1 in 20 people over 65 have some form of dementia 1 in 10 older people may experience depression – rising to about 40% for those living in care homes. Many older people experience mental distress brought on by isolation, loneliness or loss, but these problems often go unrecognised.