Description:
This two day event focuses on the latest efforts to offer collaborative care to older persons with mental health needs.

On Thursday the 3rd, the a one day educational conference disseminates the latest information about providing evidence-based care to older adults with mental illnesses though collaborative models of care in which behavioral health providers partner with primary health care clinics and aging services programs.

The audience for this conference includes mental health specialists, primary care professionals, aging service providers, program administrators and policy makers in these fields.

On Friday the 4th, there is a one day research agenda-setting forum that focuses on developing a strategy for conducting comparative evaluations among collaborative models embedded in primary health care and aging service programs. The audience for this conference includes program administrators and researchers.

Visit http://www.agingkansas.org/Calendar/calendar.htm for more information.