EMERGING LONG TERM CARE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

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BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A SUCCESSFUL MENTAL
HEALTH AND AGING COALITION
R. D. Bob Rawlings Rawlings Consulting
Services 1600 Timber Ridge Road Edmond, Oklahoma
73034 Phone [phone] - E-Mail
okbobber_at_swbell.net
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS

• Who are your building blocks
• State, County, Local and Private Mental Health
  Agencies
• State, County, Local and Private Substance Abuse
  Agencies
• Primary Care Physicians and Their Organizations
• Consumers
• Family Members
• Higher Ed Geriatric Programs
• State Aging Agency
• Area Agency on Aging
• AARP/RSVP/Silver Haired Legislators
• Retired State Worker/Teachers Assn.
• Retired Federal Employees Assn.
• Ministerial Alliance/Religious Organizations
• State and Local Governmental Officials
• Community Mental Health Centers/Private
  Outpatient Providers
• Public and Private Geriatric Assessment/Inpatient
  Facilities
• Long Term Care/Adult Day Care/Assisted Living
  Centers
• Professional Associations
• Veterans Administration

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THE STUMBLING BLOCKS

• What are the stumbling blocks
• The Stigma of mental illness with older adults
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse too far down
  the list of priorities
• Mental Health problems are considered normal for
  older adults
• Younger Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  population is more mobile and visible and consume
  the available staff time and resources
• Other disability populations do a better job of
  advocating their needs

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THE SUCCESSFUL COALITION AT WORK

• Advocates Working for a common cause
• Meetings that Feed The Needs of the Members
• Continually Assessing and Reassessing Needs
• Know the Available Resources
• Develops Short and Long Term Goals
• Provides Education to Members and Community
• Works with State and Local Government
• Promotes Networking and Cross Referral to
  Maximize Use of Available Resources
• Promotes Active/Working Committees
• Promotes The Work of the National Coalition on
  Mental Health and Aging

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DEFINITION OF A MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING COALITION
A mental health and aging coalition is
characterized by the common interest of a diverse
group of agencies, organizations and individuals
working for a common purpose to meet the needs of
older adults and their behavioral and physical
health problems. A coalition does not belong to
nor is it controlled by an agency or organization
but is a free standing entity working together to
make a more effective and efficient use of
available resources and to educate its members
and the public about issues relating to older
adults and mental health, substance abuse and
primary care needs. A coalition may or may not
be incorporated. It provides information,
education and advocacy on behavioral and physical
health issues to agencies, providers, consumers,
families and policy makers to assure the needs
of older adults are served. Membership should
include representatives from public and private
mental health, public and private entities
involved in substance abuse, primary care, higher
education, ministerial and religious
organizations, aging advocacy organizations,
family members and aging consumers. A coalition
can be organized at the regional, state, or local
level. It should foster a free exchange of
information, education, needs identification and
advocacy from the grass roots level up to the
National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging.
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MAINTAINING A COALITION

• Feed The Coalition To Make It Grow
• Never Meet For The Sake of Meeting
• Coalitions Can Not Be Dormant
• Projects Keep Up Interest And Will Make Others
  Want To Become Involved
• Plan Programs Well In Advance
• Provide CEUs And CMEs For Your Professionals
• Secure Agency/Program Buy-In
• Keep members informed through a Website,
  Newsletter and other mailings

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PROJECTS OF SUCCESSFUL MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING
COALITIONS

• Education of primary caregivers
• Educational Seminars
• Develop Brochures on Aging Mental Health Issues
• Peer Organizations that share successful
  Treatments Programs
• Public Education
• Public Service Announcements
• Speakers Bureau
• Aging Mental Health Conferences

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PROJECTS OF SUCCESSFUL MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING
COALITIONS

• Service Accessibility
• Improving intake methods
• Assist with the development of cross agency
  agreements to speed referrals and share basic
  patient information
• Develop a Resource Directory
• Provide Consumer to Consumer Supports
• Develop consumer volunteers to walk the path with
  new consumers
• Develop training for Peer Counseling
• Support Consumer Involvement in the Coalition

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STATES INVOLVED IN BUILDING OR EXPANDING MENTAL
HEALTH AND AGING COALITIONS

• MISSOURI
• NEW JERSEY
• NEW MEXICO
• NORTH CAROLINA
• OHIO
• OKLAHOMA
• PENNSYLVANIA
• RHODE ISLAND
• SOUTH DAKOTA
• TENNESSEE
• TEXAS
• UTAH
• WASHINGTON
• WISCONSIN

• ALASKA
• ARKANSAS
• ARIZONA
• CALIFORNIA
• COLORADO
• FLORIDA
• GEORGIA
• ILLINOIS
• INDIANA
• KANSAS
• KENTUCKY
• LOUISIANA
• MARYLAND
• MASSACHUSETTS

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Some Web Sites of Interest

• Http//www.tmhac.org
• This is the Middle Tennessee Mental Health and
  Aging
• site with links to
• Arkansas Coalition site,
• Florida Coalition site,
• Oklahoma Mental Health and Aging Coalition,
• Pennsylvania Coalition site,
• National Coalition on MH and Aging site,
• Older Adult Consumer Mental Health Alliance,
• SAMHSA, KEN, NASMHPD, NTAC, NRI, NIMH, NAMI,
  NMHA, HHS and Aging in Oklahoma sites