PPT-Psychosis in older adults

Tier 3 Psychosis What is psychosis Some loss of contact with reality This might involve hallucinations or delusions NHS Hallucinations hearing voices seeing things sensation that someone is touching them experiencing smells that are not there. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. . Learning Goals. What is psychosis?. Who gets psychosis?. What causes psychosis?. Dimensions of wellness. Treatment. Advocacy. Work and school. Family support. What is psychosis?. Psychosis is loss of contact with reality through. Psychosis. Psychosis is a serious mental disorder characterized by thinking and emotions that are so impaired, that they indicate that the person experiencing them has lost contact with reality.. People who are psychotic have false thoughts (delusions) and/or see or hear things that are not there (hallucinations). These are referred to as “positive” symptoms; “negative” symptoms like loss of motivation and social withdrawal can also occur.. Directors: . Sarah Sullivan. , Simon Downer, Martin Jones, James Robinson, Martha . Sneyd. 1. Psychosis in Primary Care study (P.I.P.C.). Workstream. 4 . “Better integration of care pathways”. Increasing pressure on secondary care services to discharge people who have recovered from psychosis.. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. . March 2016. DEMOGRAPHICS &. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS . OF HEALTH. Age Distribution of Population . in Alameda County. Source: US Census Bureau, 1980 and 2010. Age Pyramid, 1980. UK Physical Activity Guidelines. UK-wide . Global evidence of the health benefits . Life course . Recommended amount for health benefit. Why do we need guidelines for older adults?. Physical . activity levels are . B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . A RAFT Presentation . Statistics About Depression and Older Adults. An estimated 7 million of the nation’s 39 million adults aged 65 years and older are affected by depression, but only 10% receive treatment.. EXHIBIT 1. Note: Differences between US and all other surveyed countries except AUS were statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.. Data: Commonwealth Fund 2021 International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults.. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. A term used to describe a set of experiences a person is having that affects their:. Perceptions – the person sees, hears and experiences things that are not there.. Thinking – disorganised thinking and experiences of unusual false beliefs (delusions).. Adults. JRI’s Northeast Area . Early Psychosis Flexible Support Team. CFFS’S SPECIALTY TEAMS . Children’s Friend and Family Services is a Division of Justice Resource Institute (JRI). Locations: .