@article{720968,
      recid = {720968},
      author = {Eden, Jill,},
      title = {The mental health and substance use workforce for older  adults in whose hands? / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (396 pages) :},
      abstract = {"At least 5.6 million to 8 million--nearly one in  five--older adults in America have one or more mental  health and substance use conditions, which present unique  challenges for their care. With the number of adults age 65  and older projected to soar from 40.3 million in 2010 to  72.1 million by 2030, the aging of America holds profound  consequences for the nation.   For decades, policymakers  have been warned that the nation's health care workforce is  ill-equipped to care for a rapidly growing and increasingly  diverse population. In the specific disciplines of mental  health and substance use, there have been similar warnings  about serious workforce shortages, insufficient workforce  diversity, and lack of basic competence and core knowledge  in key areas. Following its 2008 report highlighting the  urgency of expanding and strengthening the geriatric health  care workforce, the IOM was asked by the Department of  Health and Human Services to undertake a complementary  study on the geriatric mental health and substance use  workforce. The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce  for Older Adults: In Whose Hands? assesses the needs of  this population and the workforce that serves it. The  breadth and magnitude of inadequate workforce training and  personnel shortages have grown to such proportions, says  the committee, that no single approach, nor a few isolated  changes in disparate federal agencies or programs, can  adequately address the issue. Overcoming these challenges  will require focused and coordinated action by  all."--Publisher's description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/720968},
}