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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adult Veterans

Monday, March 1, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET)

New York, NY

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Event Details

Co-sponsored by the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York and the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity of Hunter College, Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adult Veterans - A Best Practices Presentation in Geriatric Mental Health will be presented by:

  • Cory Chen, Ph.D, Veteran’s Administration, Home Based Primary Care
  • Claudia Lee, LCSW, Geriatric Social Worker, Bronx VA Medical Center
  • Ann Feder, LCSW, Director, Mental Health Patient Care Center & Social Work Program Chief

Summary: This lecture/panel presentation will provide an overview of the unique mental health needs of older adult veterans.  Topics will include common clinical issues experienced by older adults, including common clinical diagnoses and psychosocial challenges faced by older veterans.  Additional topics include best practices in serving older adult veterans with mental health needs in outpatient settings as well as within the home.  

The event will be held from 3:00 - 5:00PM at the Hunter College School of Social Work - Auditorium, 129 East 79th Street, NYC, (Between Lexington and Park Avenues). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Yusyin by e
mailing yhsin@mhaofnyc.org or calling (212) 614-6356The event is free but pre-registration is required.


Continuing Education Units:

This program has been submitted for continuing education credits for social work.

If interested, please email yhsin@mhaofnyc.org and mail in a check for $25.00 to The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY, 50 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

Thank you to the supporters of the Alliance: the Altman Foundation, FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, the van Ameringen Foundation, the James N. Jarvie Commonweal Service, and the Mental Health Association of New York City.

When & Where



Hunter College School of Social Work - Auditorium
129 East 79th Street
(Between Lexington and Park Avenues)
New York, NY 10075

Monday, March 1, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET)


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The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY



The Mental Health Association of New York City established The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance in January 2004. The Alliance was formed to confront the mental health challenges of the elder boom and to promote critical changes in practice and policy.

The goal of The Alliance is to promote improved geriatric mental health practice by identifying best and innovative practices, identifying barriers to their use, developing policy proposals to overcome these barriers, and advocating for policy and practice changes. To this end, The Alliance sponsors consensus groups on topics related to geriatric mental health; a series of presentations on best practices with national experts; and numerous conferences. In addition, the Alliance provides technical assistance regarding service models and funding including how to optimize Medicare funding.