Welcome to Day 6 of Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Week!

Climate Change and Older Adults

Today's theme is Climate Change and Older Adults and we will be sharing resources that focus on this important topic. Climate Change affects everyone in a number of ways, and it has particular impacts on older persons that are crucial to understand in order to best support and provide care for them.

Let's begin today's content with a video from Dr. Mick Smyer, founder and CEO of Growing Greener as well as an accomplished academic administrator and professor of psychology at Bucknell University. Enjoy!

Resources for today's theme:

• Cornell Human Ecology- A clearinghouse on aging and climate change- a great website with many interesting resources to explore!
• Gerontological Society of America- Join GSA's Climate Change and Aging Interest Group for a panel discussion and Q&A to explore action and advocacy on the topic of climate change and aging. Watch the video recording of this webinar here.
• American Society on Aging- The Climate Crisis: What's aging got to do with it?
• Yale Program on Climate Change Communication- The Prevalence of Climate Change Psychological Distress among American Adults 

Up-Coming Event Announcement

• Join Dr. Tedros, Director-General, WHO and Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Monday 9 October at 12:30 CEST (See this event in your local time) for the launch of the WHO/OHCHR joint publication entitled "Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice”. Click here to see the full event flyer. The event will be moderated by Mr. Daniel Bergner, a highly esteemed writer for The New York Times Magazine. Register here via Zoom.