1. IOWA COALITION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING
Outreach and
Clinical Services Workgroup
MY NAME IS BETTY LORD-DINAN AND I AM ……..
AT THE ………….
I’M ALSO CO- CHAIR OF THE ICMHA OUTREACH AND CLINICAL SERVICES WORKGROUP
I’M GOING TO REVIEW SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP BY THE ICMHA
AND THEN SCOTT KLOBERDANZ AND RACHEL ROBERTS WILL COME UP AND TELL US ABOUT A SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THAT HAVE BEEN CREATING

2. PRIMARY GOALS Promote mental wellness among aging Iowans
Increase access to qualified mental health service providers
Integrate mental health services nto usual places of care
LAST SPRING WE IDENITIFED THREE GOALS THAT PERTAINED TO OUTREACH AND CLINICAL SERVICES….

3. OBJECTIVES Conduct screenings Identify and recruit providers
Develop collaborative care models
AND WE DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD REACH THOSE GOALS BY PURSUING THESE OBJECTIVES

4. Conduct Screenings Senior Centers Meal Sites County Fairs
ADD SOMETHING HERE

5. Identify & Recruit Providers
Experts Panel
Practice Associations
Peer Training Academy
WE ALSO TOOK THREE STEPS TOWARDS ICNREASING PROVIDERS

6. I am a psychologist who services the geriatric population. Can you
Ask the Expert
I am a psychologist who services the geriatric population. Can you
direct me to resources which are related to the use of psychotherapy
with mildly demented patients?
Would like Screening questions to be used on an acute care hospital
nurse admission history to screen for suicide. Would appreciate an
evidenced based tool that is quick and easy to use.
I am working with a client who is exhibiting symptoms of depression;
what is the age range criteria to get an adequate score with the
Geriatric Depression Scale?
I am a licensed Psychologist who works in nursing homes and long term
care facilities with geriatric patients. What short screening tests
might you use to measure anxiety with this population?
WE LINKED THE ICMHA WITH THE IOWA GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER WHICH HAS CREATED A POOL OF CLINICAL EXPERTS
WHO OFFER DIRECTION TO PERSONS WHO ARE PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OLDER IOWANS….
THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN ASKED….

7. Practice Network CMHA Coalition Members - April 2006
                                                                                                                                                               
WE ALSO HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE IOWA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND IOWA NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HAVE SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CAPABLE AND INTERESTED IN PROVIDING CARE TO OLDER IOWANS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES.
AS WE COMPILE THESE LISTS, WE WILL PUT THEM UP ON THE ICMHA WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND A PROVIDER IN THEIR AREA….

8. WE ALSO HAVE CONTACTED THE IOWA PEER SUPPORT TRAINING ACADEMY AND HAVE REQUESTED THAT THEIR ALSO OFFER PEER SUPPORTS TO AGING IOWANS NOT JUST CHILDREN AND YOUNGER ADULTS….

9. COLLABORATIVE MODELS Primary Care Practices
Nursing Homes & other LTC facilities
Primary Care Practices
FINALLY, MEMBERS OF THE ICMHA HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE
IN NURSING HOMES AND OTHER PLACES

10. Nursing Homes Nursing Home Quality Initiative
IFMC, Iowa’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) offers assistance at no cost to nursing homes by providing education, identifying improvement opportunities and sharing valuable resources and best practices.
The focus of IFMC’s Nursing Home Quality Initiative is to assist nursing homes in providing the best possible care for their residents. These services include improving care processes and setting improvement targets for pressure ulcers, restraints, depression and chronic pain.
Additionally, IFMC is working with nursing homes to increase resident and staff satisfaction through work on organizational culture change and implementing person-centered care.
Our Nursing Home Quality Initiative combines this assistance to improve quality of care with information for consumers about the quality of care provided by nursing homes available at
THE IOWA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE HAS SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF CARE TO DEPRESSED NURSING HOME RESIDENTS AND I HAVE BEEN OFFERING INPUT
SAY MORE ABOUT THIS

11. Primary Care Practice
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SCOTT KLOBERDANZ AND RACHEL ROBERTS UP TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROJECT