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Mental Health Services for the Elderly in Maine: A Status Report
By The Joint Advisory Committee on Select Services for Older Persons January 2000	Prepared for Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Lynn F. Duby, Commissioner & Department of Human Services Kevin Concannon, Commissioner For Submission to The Health & Human Services Committee, Maine State Legislature

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Joint Advisory Committee on Select Services for Older Persons

• Executive Summary

• Introduction

• Current Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the Elderly in Maine

• Funding and Service Data

• Surveys and Data Analysis

• Summary of Studies

• Findings by Study

• Conclusions

Roberta Downey, Chair, Eastern Agency on Aging, Bangor
Cary Kelly, Vice-Chair, Sebasticook Farms, Pittsfield
Patricia Conner, Mid Coast Hospital, Bath
Jean Dellert, Consumer Representative, Gardiner
Cherry Denno, Office of Substance Abuse Services, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Augusta
Sharon Foerster, Consumer Representative, Portland
Louise M. Gephart, HealthReach Network, Augusta
Roberta Lipsman, Community Counseling Center, Portland
Kathryn G. Pears, Alzheimer's Association, Kennebunkport
Susan Rovillard, Home Resources of Maine, Gardiner
Maxine Russakoff, Area Agency Board Member, Skowhegan
Marilyn Soper, Maine State Housing Authority, Augusta
Paul Tabor, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Augusta
Kathryn Tracy, Tri-County Mental Health Services, Lewiston
Andrew B.Triggle, Research and Information Coordinator, NAMI/Maine (formerly the Alliance for the Mentally Ill), Augusta
Richard D. Tryon, Community Partners, Inc., Biddeford
Romaine Turyn, Health and Policy Institute, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine/Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Augusta