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The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults

In Whose Hands?

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations

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The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults

In Whose Hands?

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations

At least 5.6 million to 8 million-nearly one in five-older adults in America have one or more mental health and substance use conditions, which present unique challenges for their care. With the number of adults age 65 and older projected to soar from 40.3 million in 2010 to 72.1 million by 2030, the aging of America holds profound consequences for the nation. For decades, policymakers have been warned that the nation's health care workforce is ill-equipped to care for a rapidly growing and increasingly diverse population. In the specific disciplines of mental health and substance use, there have been similar warnings about serious workforce shortages, insufficient workforce diversity, and lack of basic competence and core knowledge in key areas. Following its 2008 report highlighting the urgency of expanding and strengthening the geriatric health care workforce, the IOM was asked by the Department of Health and Human Services to undertake a complementary study on the geriatric mental health and substance use workforce. The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults: In Whose Hands? assesses the needs of this population and the workforce that serves it. The breadth and magnitude of inadequate workforce training and personnel shortages have grown to such proportions, says the committee, that no single approach, nor a few isolated changes in disparate federal agencies or programs, can adequately address the issue. Overcoming these challenges will require focused and coordinated action by all.

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The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults

In Whose Hands?

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations

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The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults

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By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences of these disparities in access to oral health care can lead to a number of conditions including malnutrition, childhood speech problems, infections, diabetes, heart disease, and premature births. Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health services in the United States and recommends ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to regular, quality care. The report suggests changing funding and reimbursement for dental care; expanding the oral health work force by training doctors, nurses, and other nondental professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; and revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices. It also recommends changes to incorporate oral health care into overall health care. These recommendations support the creation of a diverse workforce that is competent, compensated, and authorized to serve vulnerable and underserved populations across the life cycle. The recommendations provided in Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations will help direct the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies; policy makers; health professionals in all fields; private and public health organizations; licensing and accreditation bodies; educational institutions; health care researchers; and philanthropic and advocacy organizations.

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Advancing Oral Health in America

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on an Oral Health Initiative

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Advancing Oral Health in America

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on an Oral Health Initiative

Though it is highly preventable, tooth decay is a common chronic disease both in the United States and worldwide. Evidence shows that decay and other oral diseases may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. However, individuals and many health care professionals remain unaware of the risk factors and preventive approaches for many oral diseases. They do not fully appreciate how oral health affects overall health and well-being. In Advancing Oral Health in America, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) highlights the vital role that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can play in improving oral health and oral health care in the United States. The IOM recommends that HHS design an oral health initiative which has clearly articulated goals, is coordinated effectively, adequately funded and has high-level accountability. In addition, the IOM stresses three key areas needed for successfully maintaining oral health as a priority issue: strong leadership, sustained interest, and the involvement of multiple stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. Advancing Oral Health in America provides practical recommendations that the Department of Health and Human Services can use to improve oral health care in America. The report will serve as a vital resource for federal health agencies, health care professionals, policy makers, researchers, and public and private health organizations.

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Retooling for an Aging America

Building the Health Care Workforce

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans

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Retooling for an Aging America

Building the Health Care Workforce

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans

As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.

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The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

Advancing Oral Health in America

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