SENIORS' MENTAL HEALTH IS A KEY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUE IN CANADA
The CCSMH works to promote seniors'
mental health by connecting people,
ideas and resources.
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Mental illness is not a normal part of aging. All seniors have the right and deserve to receive services and care that promotes their mental health and responds to their mental illness needs. The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) is hard at work ensuring that seniors' mental health is recognized as a key Canadian health and wellness issue.
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Congregate settings like long-term care homes need to embrace diversity and create spaces that are inclusive so that everyone feels they belong.
A New Project Aims to Make Residential Care More LGBT-Friendly
www.phinational.org
Nationwide, more than one million direct care workers support people living in the residential communities being targeted by this project.
English modules: ccsmh.ca/cannabis-and-older-adults-project/
Modules en français: ccsmh.ca/projet-sur-le-cannabis-chez-les-personnes-agees/?lang=fr
The Canadian Deprescribing Network has written an article about how summer heat waves and your medications may not be a good mix: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/blog/medications-and-heat.
Please share with your older friends and family members. Extreme heat events are going to happen with increasing regularity so it's good to be aware and prepared.