The Leading Age Learning Hub, which was launched this summer, now has a free video series on mental health. Take advantage of this opportunity during a lunch and learn with staff or kick off meetings with a segment of the series. The training includes common questions, essentials, hoarding, depression, anxiety, dementia, depression vs. dementia, personality disorder, delirium, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, psychosis, paranoia and fixed delusions.
Also available is access to the 30-page Tips and Techniques for Supporting Residents with Mental Illness: A Guide for Staff in Housing for Older Adults. Go to the Content Library on the Learning Hub website and search “mental health” to find the training series.