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The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) is hard at work ensuring that seniors' mental health is recognized as a key Canadian health and wellness issue. Working with partners across the country, the CCSMH is busy facilitating initiatives to enhance and promote seniors' mental health. Below is a listing of what's new at the CCSMH, but there are always more projects in development. Please bookmark this site and visit us frequently for updates.

What's New

Events | Tools & Resources | Announcements

Events

Celebrating the Past, Present, & Future of Seniors' Mental Health - September 21 & 22, 2012

The CCSMH is collaborating with the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) for our next National Conference. Join us in Banff, Alberta September 21-22nd 2012. Call for Abstracts now open!

Tools & Resources

The CCSMH co-authored the new Mental Health Commission of Canada Guidelines for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada. Visit www.mhccseniorsguidelines.ca to view the interactive Guidelines or to download a PDF.

Announcements

Developing Guidelines on the Assessment and Treatment of Delirium in Older Adults at the End-of-Life
Article in Canadian Geriatrics Journal, Vol 14, No 2 (2011)
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A Knowledge Transfer Study of the Utility of the Nova Scotia Seniors' Health Network in Implementing Seniors' Mental Health National Guidelines
Article in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal, Vol 14, No 1 (2011)
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New Information: Seniors, Emergencies and Disasters

[Updated October 2011]