Transcript NC Mental Health and Aging Coalition
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
Laying the Groundwork: How to Build Effective Coalitions and Partnerships
Ellen C. Schneider, MBA Carolina Geriatric Education Center
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Mental Health and Aging Issues: The Case for Coalition Building “How To” Manual
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition What?
Diverse group of organizations that mobilize to improve and increase mental health and substance use services to older adults Why?
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Resource Coordination--no single agency is responsible Improved Collaboration Professional Development Credibility and Clout Strategic Planning Coalitions Know Their Communities’ Resources and Needs Have Power to Achieve More than One Agency Alone
Document available at www.ncmhac.org
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NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition States with Mental Health and Aging Coalitions AK Hawaii Northern Marianas OR WA ID NV CA MT WY CO AZ NM Guam ND SD NE KS OK MN IA MO AR WI IL VT ME MI IN KY OH PA NY WV VA NH MA RI NJ CT DE MD NC TN SC MS AL GA TX LA FL
18 coalitions serve the whole state; 23 coalitions serve a portion of the state National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging (2011). State and local mental health and aging coalition survey: Response analysis. Washington, DC
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
How to Create and Maintain a Mental Health and Aging Coalition
1. Identify Key Partners 2. Make the Case for MH/SA/Aging in Your Region 3. Create a Planning Group 4. Develop a Mission, Goals, and Objectives 5. Launch the Coalition 6. Sustain the Coalition 7. Reach Beyond the Coalition Membership 8. Evaluate the Coalition and Its Activities Falls and Fall Related Injuries Among Older Adults: A Practical Guide to State Coalition Building to Address a Growing Public Health Issue. Available at http://www.coalitions.fallsfree.org/.
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Potential Players and Partners
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • Local and/or state mental health trade (membership) associations Local and/or state aging trade associations Local and/or state health care trade associations Local and/or state long-term care trade associations Professional associations (social work, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, gerontology, etc.) Mental health advocacy organizations Health and long-term care advocacy organizations Consumer/older adult organizations Mental health providers Aging service providers Substance abuse providers Academic institutions Law enforcement • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Health care providers – primary care, physicians, nurses, hospitals, home care, adult day health centers, etc.
Senior housing providers including assisted living and continuing care communities Private practitioners Elder law attorneys Adult protective services Minority advocacy organizations Faith –based organizations Managed care companies Older adults/consumers Family members Business and community leaders Concerned citizens State and/or local government Caregiver organizations Aging advocacy organizations National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging (2011). State and local mental health and aging coalition survey: Response analysis. Washington, DC
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Mental Health and Aging Coalition Major Activities
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging (2011). State and local mental health and aging coalition survey: Response analysis. Washington, DC
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NC Mental Health, Substance Use, and Aging Coalition
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
• • • Formed in 2011 Mission: Focus attention on the mental health needs and substance use of older adults, build community capacity, and support advocacy and action.
Committees: – Advocacy – Training – Dissemination
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NC MHSUA Coalition Successes
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• Established diverse membership • Conducted statewide survey—needs and resources • Holding four capacity-building seminars in May-June • Promoting the dissemination of Healthy IDEAS • Planning statewide symposium in 2014 • Created website: www.ncmhac.org
North Carolina Regional and Local Fall Prevention Coalitions
Raleigh Winston-Salem Greensboro NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition Cherokee Graham Clay Asheville Swain Macon Madison Buncombe McDowell Polk Watauga Avery Caldwell Rutherford Burke Ashe Alleghany Wilkes Catawba Lincoln Gaston Iredell Surry Yadkin Davie Rowan Cabarrus Stokes Forsyth Davidson Stanly Rockingham Guilford Randolph Caswell Moore Chatham Lee Person Wake Warren Halifax Northampton Hertford Gates Franklin Bertie Nash Martin Wilson Pitt Beaufort Johnston Greene Harnett Wayne Lenoir Craven Hoke Jones Union Anson Sampson Falls Prevention Coalitions Region A Health Promotion Western NC FP Regional Piedmont Area Charlotte Scot land Robeson Bladen Columbus Brunswick Duplin Pender Onslow Carteret Metrolina Guilford County Chapter of the NC FP Coalition Eastern NC Dare County Tyrrell Dare Hyde
Advocacy for Geriatric Mental
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Health
• Background on mental health and aging • Elements of an effective geriatric mental health advocacy movement • The public policy process • How to sustain coalitions and advocacy work • Many helpful appendices Williams, K., Friedman, M. (2011).
Advocacy for geriatric mental health: Action for change.
Retrieved February 14, 2013, from http://www.mhaofnyc.org/media/4682/geriatric_mh_toolkit.pdf
NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
How to Create and Maintain a Mental Health and Aging Coalition
1. Identify Key Partners 2. Make the Case for MH/SA/Aging in Your Region 3. Create a Planning Group 4. Develop a Mission, Goals, and Objectives 5. Launch the Coalition 6. Sustain the Coalition 7. Reach Beyond the Coalition Membership 8. Evaluate the Coalition and Its Activities Falls and Fall Related Injuries Among Older Adults: A Practical Guide to State Coalition Building to Address a Growing Public Health Issue. Available at http://www.coalitions.fallsfree.org/.
Ellen Schneider University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [email protected]
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Example Mental Health and Aging Coalition Activities
• • • • • IA: Online training IN, NY, MA: Statewide conferences MD: Training for nursing home and assisted living staff MD, MA: Guidebooks on elder mental health IL: Legislative committee
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Iowa Coalition of MH and Aging
1. Make mental wellness for older adults a priority for public policy makers 2. Promote mental wellness among aging Iowans. Emphasize: • Prevention • Early intervention • Evidence based treatment, and • Recovery.
3. Increase the number of qualified providers 4. Integrate health and supportive services to improve accessibility to mental health services for older Iowans 5. Increase the capacity and impact of the ICMHA
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NC Mental Health, Substance Use, & Aging Coalition
MHA Coalition Lessons Learned
• • • • A concerted advocacy by the mental health and aging community is key.
Repeatedly deliver a single message buttressed by empirical evidence.
Craft materials in compelling and usable formats and distribute them widely.
Be proactive and reactive; get on the radar screen early.
Baskin, et al. (2011). Coalitions on mental health and aging: Lessons learned for policy and practice.
Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 23
, 323 –332.