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Taking it step by step
- Authors:
- CLARE Alison, CUTHBERT Sharon Lee
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
City and Guilds has, in close collaboration with Age Concern, developed three qualifications in promoting the mental health and wellbeing of older people to challenge assumptions and stereotypes.
More than words - intergenerational participation and mental health
- Authors:
- BALL Amy, CUMMERSON Rivkah
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 15(4), 2011, pp.175-182.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes a radio project involving intergenerational participation work in which young and older people using mental health services learnt how to interview, role play, and put radio shows together. Over one weekend in September 2010, 5 older people and 4 younger people, ranging in age from 14 to 85 years, explored their personal experiences of, and reactions to, age and mental health discrimination through the medium of radio. The project involved collaboration between Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and community radio. The project provided fun and the acquisition of new skills, resulting in a product that could reach a wide audience. Intergenerational work gave the participants an opportunity to challenge stereotypes and gain confidence, and the resulting radio programme invited listeners to challenge their own prejudices in relation to age and mental health.
World Psychiatric Association Section of Old Age Psychiatry consensus statement on ethics and capacity in older people with mental disorders
- Authors:
- KATONA C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(12), December 2009, pp.1319-1324.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The World Psychiatric Association Section of Old Age Psychiatry develops Consensus Statements relevant to the practice of old age psychiatry. This article describes their Consensus Statement, completed in 2008, covering ethics and capacity in older people with mental disorders. The aim of this Consensus Statement is to provide a practical tool to assist mental health clinicians caring for older people with mental disorders, caregivers, other health professionals and the general public. The provision of care to older people with mental illness raises complex and conflicting ethical problems, for example guiding decision making around transfer from independent to institutional care. Consideration of ethical issues is an essential component of good clinical practice, and this Consensus Statement should help clinicians understand the principles and determine any ethical issues they face when they meet patients. The various issues covered by the Consensus Statement are the universal ethical principles; human rights for older people; ageism, discrimination and stigmatisation; confidentiality; elder abuse; decision-making capacity; end of life issues; and participation in research.
Under the radar
- Author:
- McINTOSH Kaye
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 7.8.08, 2008, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Language barriers and stereotyping mean the mental health needs of black and minority ethnic older people are going unseen by commissioners. This article discusses the lack of mental health services for black and minority ethnic older people. The article includes two short examples of good practice: the Caribbean Dementia Cafe run by Leeds Black Elders Association and the Asian Health and Social Care Centre day centre.
An introduction to the mental health of older people: ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MILNE Alisoun, GEARING Brian, WARNER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
**This learning resource was removed in March 2023.** In this learning object you are asked to consider issues which are central to understanding the experience of ageing and older age in contemporary society. Ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion diminish the quality of life which older people may enjoy. They also threaten their mental health. In spite of their negative effect on the daily lives of older people, however, ageism and age discrimination are often unrecognised, ignored, or even compounded in health and social care settings. And social exclusion has only recently been officially acknowledged as affecting older people as well as children and families.
The role of stigma in the quality of life of older adults with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- DEPLA Marja F. I. A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(2), February 2005, pp.146-153.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Stigma and discrimination against older people with mental illness is a seriously neglected problem. (1) To investigate whether stigmatisation of older adults with mental disorder is associated with the type of residential institution they live in or the type of disorder they suffer and (2) to assess the role of stigma experiences in their quality of life. A cross-sectional study was carried out of 131 older adults with severe mental illness, recruited in 18 elder care homes operating supported living programmes and in eight psychiatric hospitals throughout the Netherlands. Stigmatisation was assessed with an 11-item questionnaire on stigma experiences associated with mental illness. Quality of life was assessed with the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA). To better ascertain the role of stigma, we also assessed in comparison the relationship of social participation to quality of life. Some 57% of the respondents had experienced stigmatisation. No association emerged between residential type or disorder type and the extent of stigma experiences. Stigmatisation did show a negative association with quality of life, a connection stronger than that between social participation and quality of life. A feeling of belonging, as contrasted with being excluded, is at least as important for the quality of life of older people with severe mental illness as their actual participation in the community.
Meeting the mental health needs of older women: taking social inequality into account
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, WILLIAMS Jennie
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(6), November 2000, pp.699-723.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Whilst there is increasing acceptance that social inequalities have implications for mental health, there is minimal acknowledgement of their effects on the development and treatment of mental ill health in older people. This article focuses on older women, as they are the majority sufferers of mental illness in later life, and are particularly vulnerable to the cumulative effects of lifelong and age-related inequalities. Draws on literature from the fields of gerontology and mental health and argues that for effective care to be developed, older women's mental ill health needs to be seen within the context of their past and present experience of social inequalities. Evidence particularly relates to socio-economic disadvantages as well as to the consequences of discrimination. Argues that psychological vulnerability is further compounded by the gendered effects of social policy, and by care system which constructs mental health needs as unrelated to oppression, and dislocated from their economic, social and historical roots. Finally outlines the key components of care and service system which takes account of social inequalities, and which accords centrality to the experiences, views and women opinions of older women with mental health problems.
The case for breaking through ageism in mental health care
- Author:
- ADAMS Trevor
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.3.96, 1996, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Examines the recent policy in mental health nursing of refocusing care on people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It is argued that older people with severe and enduring mental illnesses such as dementia are excluded from this policy and that this amounts to a clear case of ageism. Various ways of addressing the problem of ageism in recent policy changes are explored.
Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, public mental health priorities: investing in the evidence
- Authors:
- DAVIES Sally C., et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 320
- Place of publication:
- London
The 2013 annual report of the Chief Medical Officer looks at the epidemiology of public mental health, the quality of evidence, and possible future innovations. It aims to increase transparency about progress within public health and to help encourage improvements across England. The first chapters provide the Chief Medical Officer's response to the evidence-base and the challenges facing public health in England. They also make 14 recommendations to improve the public’s mental health. These are grouped into the areas of: commissioning and service development; information, intelligence an data, work, workforce training and practice; and policy. The remainder of the report is written by a range of internationally recognised experts who provide evidence about key issues in public mental health in England. Sections covered are: science and technology; mental health across the life course (covering children, young people, adults and older adults); the economic case for better public mental health: parity of esteem and the importance of treating mental health as equal to physical health; and the needs and safety of people with mental illness. This section includes discussion of violence, suicide and self-harm; addictions, dependence and substance misuse; and ethnic inequalities and social exclusion. Key highlights from the report include the need to acknowledge that mental health is just as important as mental health and the need to help people with mental illness stay in work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Business support strategies for improving retention and reintegration of disabled employees in SMEs: a review of evidence and recommendations for pilot delivery within action two of the London Workforce Futures Equal Programme
- Author:
- TRINOVA
- Publisher:
- London Workforce Futures Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The London Workforce Futures Equal Development Partnership aims to develop a new coherent strategic policy framework and a co-ordinated best practice service model to address the identified needs of both SME employers and disabled employees for more responsive and flexible support, to reduce the current perceived fragmentation of service delivery. The programme of work specifically focuses on: the needs of SMEs; to enable them to adapt to the needs of workforce members. This will include an emphasis on implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act; the needs of disabled people (particularly those with mental ill-health) from black and minority ethnic communities, older people and lone parents; piloting innovative models of support using an employer-focused approach, new strategies, solutions and competency models (to enable effective reintegration and retention of employees who are suffering from physical or mental health problems as well as those who are at risk of drop-out from the workforce due to physical or mental stress)