Risks 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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Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIEgavin.nettleton@scie.org.uk
Alison MilneA.J.Milne@kent.ac.uk
Jo WarnerJ.Warner@kent.ac.uk
Brian Gearingbrian.gearing@tiscali.co.uk
Added15 Feb 2011 14:31
RegionUK
KeywordsUKOER, SWAPBox, older people, mental health, risks, e-learning
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LicenseCreative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

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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.

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