We're Elevating Mental Health for Older Adults & Caregivers
Our goal is to de-stigmatize mental health and ensure older adults get the mental health care they need. Here’s how we do it.
Education & Resources for older Adults & Caregivers
We offer practical guides, articles, podcasts, tools, and online resources for helping older adults and caregivers navigate mental health, dementia, and caregiving needs.
Access to mental health providers
We’re improving access to mental health care by building the only nationwide provider directory of licensed mental health providers who specialize with older adults.
Training for Professionals
We provide evidence-based, culturally responsive and inclusive, continuing education training to mental health, senior care, and healthcare professionals. This helps to ensure that professionals have specialized training to meet the mental health needs of older adults.
We're Elevating Mental Health for Older Adults & Caregivers
Our goal is to de-stigmatize mental health and ensure older adults get the mental health care they need. Here's how we do it.
Education & Resources for older Adults & Caregivers
We offer practical guides, articles, podcasts, tools, and online resources for helping older adults and caregivers navigate mental health, dementia, and caregiving needs.
Access to mental health providers
We’re improving access to mental health care by building the only nationwide provider directory of licensed mental health providers who specialize with older adults.
Training for Professionals
We provide evidence-based, culturally responsive and inclusive, continuing education training to mental health, senior care, and healthcare professionals. This helps to ensure that professionals have specialized training to meet the mental health needs of older adults.
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Noticing memory or mental health changes in your older loved one?
The next steps are as simple as 1-2-3…
Share your concerns with your loved one directly and compassionately.
Help your loved one see their primary care provider. Sometimes mental health and memory changes are due to medical issues or medications that need to be assessed and managed by medical providers.
Help your loved one see a mental health professional. Don’t wait for medical issues to be resolved. People with medical conditions are more likely to experience mental health conditions and benefit from mental health care. Connect with a professional today.
Our provider directory can help you find a mental health professional who specializes in older adults.
A neuropsychologist is specialized in diagnosing brain disorders, like dementia (specifically what type of dementia a person has). They also help to identify if the changes in your loved one are mental health changes (like depression and anxiety) or brain health changes like a dementia disorder.
Geriatric psychiatrists (also called Gero-Psychiatrists) are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues that occur more commonly in older adults, such as dementia, depression, insomnia. They prescribe medications, but may or may not provide therapy.
“Therapist” is a broad term to identify licensed professionals trained to provide talk-therapy to treat or manage mental health conditions. They include psychologists, social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists. Our therapists specialize in older adults.