Responding to Mental Health Needs of the Elderly in Rural Areas:

Buckwalter, Kathleen C.; McLeran, Hermine; Mitchell, Susan; Andrews, Patricia Hayes

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“…To address this need for dementia education, a variety of models of outreach education have been reported in the literature. Examples include mobile outreach teams, partnerships between academic centers and rural elderly outreach programs, community-based approaches, programs involving geropsychiatric nurses as focal care providers, and train-the-trainer programs (Belleville-Taylor et al, 1994;Buckwalter et al, 1993;Buckwalter, McLeran, Mitchell, & Andrews, 1988;Connell et al, 1994;Connell & Kole, 1999;Foster, Potter, & Carlson, 1994;Kaplan, 1998;Rankin et al, 1996;Vissing et al, 1994). Because published reports based on outcome evaluations of these programs are unavailable, however, many questions remain as to their effectiveness and impact on knowledge and awareness of dementia and dementia care.…”

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Providing Dementia Outreach Education to Rural Communities: Lessons Learned From a Train-the-Trainer Program

Connell¹,

Holmes

Voelkl

et al. 2002

J Appl Gerontol

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Although several educational outreach programs designed to address the needs of older adults with dementia in rural areas have been reported in the literature, few have been systematically evaluated. The purpose of this article is to describe the Dementia Education Train-the-Trainer Program (DE-TTT-P), designed to disseminate information about dementia in rural areas of Michigan. Twenty-eight health care providers completed the DE-TTT-P and now serve as trainers. Over the course of the 18-month program, 3,276 rural residents attended one of the 223 dementia education sessions offered by the trainers. After summarizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of the program, the discussion offers lessons learned and strategies to maintain the newly formed network of trainers beyond the official project period. Over the past decade, there have been increased efforts directed toward the development of educational programs for health care providers who serve

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Providing Dementia Outreach Education to Rural Communities: Lessons Learned From a Train-the-Trainer Program

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Holmes

Voelkl

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J Appl Gerontol

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“…These included guidelines and teaching strategies to promote collaboration in gerontology (Cianciolo et al, 2001;Kuder, Gairola, & Hamilton, 2001), the role of designated geriatric education centers in preparing health professionals and in meeting specific population needs (Buckwalter et al, 1988;Clark, 2002a;Pariak & Klein, 1996/1997, and the current status and future directions for gerontology education (Anderson, 1999;Bass & Ferraro, 2000). Others addressed factors influencing success of interdisciplinary training programs in geriatrics (Reuben et al, 2003), and gerontology program evaluation (Clark, 2002a,b;Gilford, Gibson, & Newton, 2005;Hawk, Byrd, & Killinger, 2001;Hyer et al, 2000).…”

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An Emerging Typology of Academic Interdisciplinary Gerontology Centers in the United States

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Douglass

Johnson

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Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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Little is known about the organization, characteristics or services offered by academic interdisciplinary gerontology centers located in higher education institutions. This article presents a description and an emerging typology of academic interdisciplinary gerontology centers based on information collected from the Websites of 47 centers. The emerging typology comprised three dimensions: focus, functions and specialty areas. Significant relationships were found between the center's function and focus as well as function and number of specialties. The newly developed typology is useful for classifying and learning about academic interdisciplinary gerontology centers. Students who have an interest in gerontology might use the classification system to select a school that matches their academic goals. Educators and educational administrators might apply the typology's dimensions in program development. The typology might also serve as a useful framework for future research and policymakers could use the information from the typology and center's Websites to support proposed policies. Furthermore, older adult consumers, their families and professional caregivers can use the information to learn about services and resources.

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“…A major explanation for underuse of mental health services is the erroneous assumption that older adults and their families comprise a homogeneous population. In addition to minority status, there are numerous other client situations that must be considered in service design, including whether the elderly client lives in a rural setting (Buckwalter, McLeran, Mitchell, & Andrews, 1988;Buckwalter, Smith, Zevenbergen, & Russell, 1992;Menolascino & Potter, 1989) and how best to serve developmentally disabled elderly people (Gibson, Rabkin, & Munson, 1992;Howell, 1986).…”

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Family involvement in mental health care for older adults: From caregiving to advocacy and empowerment.

Greene¹

1995

Emerging Issues in Mental Health and Aging.

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he full promise of professionals and family members of older adults with mental illness participating as partners in care, thereby encouraging maximum functioning of older adults, has yet to be realized. A critical question is why many older adults do not make use of existing mental health services, whereas others do not have the services they desire (Speer, Williams, West, & Dupree, 1991). At the same time, elderly mentally ill people in family settings-especially the many families who are primary caregivers-have serious unmet needs. Research can give further clarity to mental health caregiving in a family context and to involvement of families as advocates in increasing access to mental health services.Although the family's Herculean role in providing care to elderly family members is well recognized, more must be done to ensure that families have a formal role in the health care system (Pfeiffer, 1990). Without sufficient community-based treatments, adult children-who provide most of the daily instrumental care such as cooking or bathing for their older parents-are providing more care, more difficult care, and over much longer periods, often leading to caregiver burden. Clearly, the grow-The author thanks Mary Stanley, research librarian, for her assistance.

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Responding to Mental Health Needs of the Elderly in Rural Areas:

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Providing Dementia Outreach Education to Rural Communities: Lessons Learned From a Train-the-Trainer Program

Providing Dementia Outreach Education to Rural Communities: Lessons Learned From a Train-the-Trainer Program

An Emerging Typology of Academic Interdisciplinary Gerontology Centers in the United States

Family involvement in mental health care for older adults: From caregiving to advocacy and empowerment.

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