Seniors’ mental health affects us all. Especially when you consider that more seniors are living longer, there is a high prevalence rate of mental illness and cognitive disorders among the elderly, and despite a growing need for an appropriate range of mental health services for seniors in long-term care settings and the community, our health care system is limited in its capacity to meet these needs.

Published By: Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health, http://ccsmh.ca/contact-us/

Publication Date: May, 2014

View Fact Sheet: A Growing Need to Promote Seniors’ Mental Health