Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

health care provider training on, 78 –79
herbal remedies as gateway to, 221–222
medicinal plants for, 223 –225
prior diagnosis of, 77–78
Red River Manitoba fl ood impact on, 87
response plans and, 77–78
risk posed from, 78
Saguenay-Lac St. Jean fl ooding impact
on, 88 – 89
social service providers and, 6
terrorist-based disaster consequences
on, 5
“Mental Health and Mass Violence
Review,” 183, 184 –185
Mental Health Commission of Canada, 100
Mental health services
bereavement role of, 298 –299
Cochrane standards of, 298
geriatric assessment by, 279 –282
interdisciplinary treatment team and,
249 –269
older person underutilization of, 274
religious coping/spiritual care and, 131
for volunteers, 169
Mental status examination, 282 –284
of communication, of client, 283
for delirium, 287
on hallucinations/delusions, 283
MMSE, 283
of mood/affect, of client, 282 –283
of orientation, of client, 282
of three Ds, 283
Mexican Americans, spirituality of,
229
Miller, P., 259
Mind/body interventions, 214
aromatherapy for, 217
creative arts therapies for, 217
hand massage for, 217
laughter and, 217–218
mindfulness as, 215 –218
response/reaction and, 215
Mindfulness
acquisition of, 217
meditation and, 216 –217
response/reaction and, 215
training for, 217
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE),
283 –288
Index 415
MIPAA. See Madrid International
Plan of Action on Aging
MMSE. See Mini Mental State
Examination
Model State Emergency Health
Powers Act (MSEHPA), 70, 71
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
(MAOIs), 13
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Brookdale
Department of Geriatrics and Adult
Development, 58
Mourning and Melancholia (Freud), 299
Movie therapy, for PTSD, 339
MSEHPA. See Model State Emergency
Health Powers Act
Multidisciplinary team, 252, 274
Murrell, S. A., 135
Music therapy, 219
active/passive techniques for, 220
caregiver’s use of, 220
for dementia patients, 219 –220
Myerhoff, B., 236
N
NAGEC. See National Association of Geriatric
Education Centers
Narrative/refl ective practice, 107–108, 251
National Association of Geriatric
Education Centers (NAGEC), 49
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), 213
National Center for PTSD, 43
National Incident Management
System, 130
National Institute of Health (NIH), 21
National Institutes of Health’s Complementary
and Alternative
Medicine Program, 214
National Response Plan, 123, 130
Native Americans, spirituality of, 228 – 229
Natural disasters, 7, 8, 71–72
Naturally occurring retirement communities
(NORCs), 202
Nazi Holocaust, 277
bereavement and, 308 – 309
diagnostic issues for, 309
ECT for survivor treatment, 309
suicide and, 308
survivor PTSD and, 309