Aging

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APA Efforts Related to Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2006

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Current Events and Legislative News

• Side-by-Side Overview of the Elder Justice Act Language in the Bills to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Information and links on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

• APA Comments on the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults Before the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (10/02)

• APA Committee on Aging Comments on Interim Report by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (11/02)

• An Aging America (6/06)

• Bracing for the Baby Boom (2/06)

• Hill briefing publicizes need to improve mental health services for older adults (9/05)

• Reaching the underserved - APA is promoting legislation to enhance mental health across the life span (9/03)

• Fighting ageism (5/03)

• Geropsychologists are badly needed (5/03)

• APA tells the Senate why we need more geropsychologists (6/02)

• APA advocates for new funding for graduate training (4/02)

APA Efforts Related to Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2006

• APA Recommendations for the 2006 Older Americans Act Reauthorization (4/06)

• Testimony by David Powers, PhD on behalf of the American Psychological Association before the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging: 2006 Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (4/06)

• Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Urging the Inclusion of the Positive Aging Act language in the Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging Urging the Inclusion of the Positive Aging Act language in the Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group to the House Education and the Workforce Committee Urging the Inclusion of the Positive Aging Act language in the Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Collaborative Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Supporting the Inclusion of the Positive Aging Act language in the Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Collaborative Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Supporting the Inclusion of the Positive Aging Act language in the Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (6/06)

• Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Urging Support for the Positive Aging Act language in the Senate Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (7/06)

• Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging Urging Support for the Positive Aging Act Language in the Senate Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (7/06)

• Letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee Urging Support for the Positive Aging Act Language in the Senate bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (7/06)

• Side-by-Side Overview of the Positive Aging Act Language in the House and Senate Bills to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act (9/06)

• “Understanding Mental Health and Aging" Statement of Gregory A. Hinrichsen, Ph.D. (5/05)

• Never Too Late to Heal: Positive Aging and the Aftermath of Trauma (6/04)

• Providing Lifespan Respite Care: Vital Support for Family Caregivers (7/03)

• Senior Depression: Life-Saving Mental Health Treatments for Older Americans (7/03)

• Ageism in the Health Care System: Short Shrifting Seniors? (5/03)

• Healthy Aging: What Does the Research Tell Us? (5/00)

• APA Fact Sheet on Mental Health and Aging (2004)

• Promoting the Health of Older Adults and their Caregivers (2003)

• Facts about Depression in Older Adults (2003)

• Mental Health Care and Older Adults: Facts and Policy Recommendations  (2003)

• Facts about Suicide in Older Adults (2003)

• Psychology and Its Contributions to the Health and Well Being of Older Adults (2003)

• Administration on Aging  

• Elder Justice Coalition

• National Respite Coalition  

• National Institute on Aging 

• National Institute of Mental Health 

• National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging  

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• 2005 White House Conference on Aging 

• APA Resources on Aging

• U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

• Information Updates from PPO-Education (including updates on Geropsychology Graduate Psychology Education grants.)

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