National Poll Briefing Webinar: Silver and Blue - The Unfinished Business of Mental Health Care for
The John A. Hartford Foundation will present findings from its public opinion poll, "Silver and Blue: The Unfinished Business of Mental Health Care for Older Adults," during a webinar for journalists and others on Wed., Dec. 12th, 12pm ET. This unique survey focuses on people age 65 and older with experience of depression and reveals troubling shortfalls in the standard of care, misconceptions about depression and anxiety, older adults' treatment preferences including integrated care and team care, and first-person descriptions of the pain of depression. Register for the webinar briefing here.
Depression in older adults is a serious medical condition that causes pain and disability, drives up health care costs, and increases the harm from other diseases. Yet treatment frequently fails to meet evidence-based standards. Join Chris Langston, PhD, Program Director at the John A. Hartford Foundation;Tresa Undem, Partner at Lake Research Partners; and Christopher Callahan, MD, Cornelius & Yvonne Pettinga Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine andDirector, Indiana University Center for Aging Research for a briefing a new national poll, "Silver and Blue: The Unfinished Business of Mental Health Care for Older Adults." This unique survey focuses on people age 65 and older with experience of depression and reveals troubling shortfalls in the standard of care, misconceptions about depression and anxiety, older adults' treatment preferences including integrated care and team care, and first-person descriptions of the pain of depression.
Register for the webinar briefing here.
