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Maryland Coalition on
Mental Health and Aging
The Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging addresses the mental health needs of older persons by:
Advocating
to improve the quality and
accessibility
of mental health treatment
for
older persons
Decreasing
the stigma of mental and
emotional
problems
Demonstrating
the importance of prevention,
support
services and self-help programs for
seniors
with mental health needs
Educating
professionals, the general public,
decision
makers, and older individuals on
the
mental health issues of seniors
Increasing
outreach to enable older persons
to
recognize the need for and to use the
services
of mental health professionals,
volunteers,
and relevant self-help programs.
Coalition efforts and activities have focused on, but are not limited
to: improving access to and reimbursement for mental health services;
improving mental health service delivery to older adults in the community,
state hospitals and nursing homes; improving coordination among aging
service networks; and training, education and destigmatization efforts
for professionals, legislators and the general public regarding geriatric
mental health.
Get Involved
To join the Maryland Coalition on Mental Health
and Aging, or for more information please contact:
Kim Burton
410.235.1178 ext. 210
Director, Older Adult Programs
kburton@mhamd.org
Alethia O'Hara
410.235.1178 ext. 222
Assistant, Older Adult Programs
aohara@mhamd.org
We meet bi-monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday
of the month. All are welcome to our meetings —health
care providers, consumers, family members,
policy makers — anyone who cares about the mental
health of older adults.
"The moral test of government is how well that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children, those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly, and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
Hubert H. Humphrey
1911-1978
"There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices
to be opposed."
Samuel Johnson
1709-1784
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