Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Today’s Older Adults: Considerations for Innovation

• By: Duncan Bruce, MS, LPC, LBS Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
• July 29th, 2024
• aging adults, behavioral health, social determinants of health, Summer 2024 Issue, treatment
• 515    0

Between 2010 and 2020, the US experienced the largest-ever 10-year gain for those in the >65 age bracket, with an increase of 15.5 million people. According to the US Census Bureau, one in four Americans will be age 65 or older by 2060 (Caplan, 2023). Although today’s expanding older adult...