Please write on the topic of Mental health and aging adults. Specifically Loss and Grief.
Please use the following reading as well as other scholarly sources.
Required Readings Fazel, S., Geddes, J. R., & Kushel, M. (2014). The health of homeless people in high-income countries: Descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations. The Lancet, 384(9953), 1529-40. doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.usc.edu/10.1016/S0140-…
Hooyman, N. R., Kawamoto, K. Y., & Kiyak, H. A. (2018). Mental disorders among older persons. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (10th ed., pp. 181-193, 210-219). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Hooyman, N. R., Kawamoto, K. Y., & Kiyak, H. A. (2018). Death, dying, bereavement, and widowhood. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (10th ed., pp. 510-522). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Jansson, B. (2015). Chapter 8: Becoming policy advocates in the gerontology sector. In Social welfare policy and advocacy: Advancing social justice through eight policy sectors (pp. 411-417). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission. (2018). Mental Health Services Act. Retrieved from http://mhsoac.ca.gov/document/2018-01/mental-healt…
Recommended Readings
Buck, J. A. (2009). Recent changes in Medicaid policy and their possible effects on mental health services. Psychiatric Services, 60(11), 1504-1509.
McInnis-Dittrich, K. (2008). Substance abuse and suicide prevention in older adults. In Social work with older adults: A biopsychosocial approach to assessment and intervention (3rd ed., pp. 220-226). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
O’Riley, A., Van Orden, K. A., He, H., Richardson, T. M., Podgorski, C. & Conwell, Y. (2013). Suicide and death ideation in older adults obtaining aging services. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(6), 614-622. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.004
Palinkas, L.A., Criado, V., Fuentes, D., Shepherd, S., Milian, H., Folsom, D. & Jeste, D.V. (2007). Unmet needs for services for older adults with mental illness: Comparison of views of different stakeholder groups, 15(6), 530-540.
Waker, R. R., & Roberto, K. A. (2014). Mental health services. In Community resources for older adults: programs and services in