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Keeping Older Adult Mental Health in the Spotlight
Thank you to the thousands of attendees who made the Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium a success. Anyone can watch the recorded sessions through NCOA Connect and learn how to address these critical issues all year round.
Watch the Sessions
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Mental Health Resources

Expanding mental health care via policy
The Biden Administration and Congress are discussing how to modernize Medicare so mental health needs can be met.
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Behavioral and physical health care parity
Fewer than 50% of older adults with mental and/or substance use disorders receive treatment. Here are ways to fix that.
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Specialists should be treating mental health
Most older adults receive mental health care from generalists who are less likely to have formal training in aging.
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Responding to suicide risk in older adults
There is an urgent need to explore the complexity of late-life suicide. Learn to identify and address suicide risk in older adults.
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Navigating social isolation and loneliness
Share these tips so older adults proactively reduce the harmful effects related to isolation and loneliness.
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Age+Action 2022 is around the corner!
Don't miss your chance to network with hundreds of your peers and colleagues at the premiere conference for aging services professionals, June 6-8.
Register Today
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For Women's Health Month

Supporting older women veterans
A recent survey found women veterans age 50+ are the least likely group to use their earned benefits. That needs to change.
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Why menopause matters
Help older adults understand the affects of menopause so they are prepared to lead a healthier life.
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Helping mothers with low vision
Share these tips to empower people helping loved ones increase confidence, safety, and overall coping with vision loss.
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