Abstract

Demographic trends will increase the number of older adults and greatly increase the diversity of older adults in terms of ethnicity, gender, and disability associated with chronic mental illness and caregiving status. The unmet needs for depression and dementia care services are enormous while the mental health workforce shortage and access barriers remain persistent. A shift to focus on populations incentivizes thinking beyond clinical treatments and attending to the needs of diverse populations that are at-risk but do not engage in traditional services. Speakers in this symposium will discuss community-based interventions that provide dementia and depression care services for ethnically diverse older adults and their caregivers. The symposium will enable health care providers to understand the importance and effectiveness of non-clinical, non-pharmacological or non-professional interventions that impact health and utilization outcomes.

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