SELECTED PERSPECTIVES ON THE MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE USE WORKFORCE FOR THE
GERIATRIC POPULATION: FILLING IN THE GAPS
JUNE 1, 2011
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Room 100
Washington, DC
9:00 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dan Blazer, Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee |
9:05 |
PANEL #1—CONSUMERS, FAMILIES, AND CAREGIVERS Objective: To learn about successful models for consumer, family, and caregiver participation in mental health and substance use care and the related implications for workforce training. Moderator: Octavio Martinez, MD, MPH, MBA, Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health |
Panelists:
Q & A/Open Discussion |
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10:25 |
PANEL #2—CROSS-COMPETENCIES IN AGING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE USE IN SELECTED SETTINGS Objective: To learn about selected approaches to ensuring cross-competencies among professionals and nonprofessionals who work with older adults with mental health and substance use conditions in a variety of settings. Moderator: Michael Hoge, Professor of Psychiatry (in Psychology), Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale Behavioral Health Panelists:
Q & A/Open Discussion |
11:45 |
LUNCH |
12:30 |
PANEL #3—WORKFORCE IMPLICATIONS OF SELECTED MODELS OF CARE Objective: To learn about the workforce implications of various evidence-based models of mental health and substance use care for older people. |
Moderator: Mark Snowden, Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Panelists:
Q & A/Open Discussion |
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2:00 |
PANEL #4—POLICY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING AND IMPROVING THE GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE Objectives: (1) To learn about current policy directions that may affect the geriatric mental health and substance use care workforce, and (2) to hear the recommendations of key thought leaders on how to grow and strengthen the geriatric mental health and substance use care workforce. Moderator: Steve Bartels, Professor of Psychiatry and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and Director, Dartmouth-New England Geriatric Education Center Panelists:
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Q & A/Open Discussion |
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3:30 |
ADJOURN |