Welcome to the final day of Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Week!

As we wrap up this inaugural event on the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Day, we thank you for visiting, viewing, participating, and sharing the many resources, video messages, and more throughout this week. Mental health issues affect people of all ages, and older adults must not be left behind- in research, in diagnosis, in treatment, and in care.

This year's theme is Mental Health is a Universal Human Right. Check out their website below to learn more about this important initiative!

We invite you to explore the resources IPA shares today to help spread the word about World Mental Health Day and learn even more about this global initiative spanning the last 75 years. First, we are happy to share a video of support from IPA President-Elect, Anne Margriet Pot. 

Resources for World Mental Health Day: 

• IPA Press Release- Statement of support for World Mental Health Day 
• World Federation for Mental Health video - What is World Mental Health Day? 
• World Mental Health Day 2023 Theme: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right. 
• World Mental Health Day- Impact Report from 2022

Thank you so much for following along throughout all 10 Days of our 2023 IPA Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Week! We covered a wide range of topics and look forward to this campaign every year. If you have any ideas or suggestions, and/or are interested in getting in touch for AW2024, please reach out to our Program Manager at ctrunley@ipa-online.org 

Thank you again! -IPA Awareness Week Task Force