Older people's mental health 'overlooked'

Published date05 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Disregarding their needs is discriminatory and has consequences for the older person, families, communities and public services, the Centre for Mental Health said

Its report, commissioned by Age UK, concluded that there is a "pervasive sense of pessimism and inevitability that normalises poor mental health" among older people and argued there is a "pressing need to tackle ageist assumptions and expectations about mental health in later life".

The report comes after a Resolution Foundation study out last week found that younger people with mental health problems can have...

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