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ListsRisks and protective factors: older people’s mental health
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This learning object explores mental health in later life. It reviews the meaning of mental health, why it is an important part of overall well being and how it relates to successful ageing. It also offers an overview of the different aspects of an older person's life and situation that impact on their mental health and the role that an individual and their family, the community they live in and wider society can play in promoting, or undermining, mental health. Please note that this object also contains a self-assessment section where you can test how far you have assimilated the key messages from this learning object.
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| Keywords | UKOER, SWAPBox, older people, mental health, risks, e-learning | ||||||||||
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Added On: 15 Feb 2011 14:26
Tags: UKOER, SWAPBox, mental health, older people, e-learning, dementia, vascular dementia, alzheimers, dementia with lewy bodies, communication, ageing population, depression, ageing, risks, social exclusion, age discrimination, ageism, life course, services
An Introduction to the Mental Health of Older People
These e-learning resources are freely available to all users and, through audio, video and interactive uses of technology, aim to raise awareness of key issues, research, messages, policies and approaches relating to the mental health of older people and, in so doing, positively impact on practice.
