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Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition Resource Guide
The mission of the Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition of Ashland County is to unify, educate, and collaborate among professionals who work with older adults and their caregivers in all areas of mental, physical, and behavioral healthcare. We also strive to involve and include older adults who are consumers of healthcare services.
Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging
The mission of the Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition of Ashland County is to unify, educate, and collaborate among professionals who work with older adults and their caregivers in all areas of mental, physical, and behavioral healthcare. We also strive to involve and include older adults who are consumers of healthcare services.
Vial Of Life Forms – Medical Information
The Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition is promoting the Vial of Life in order to save lives in Ashland County by getting necessary emergency medical information to first responders during a medical crisis.
Vial Of Life Forms – Medication Records
The Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition is promoting the Vial of Life in order to save lives in Ashland County by getting necessary emergency medical information to first responders during a medical crisis.
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
The IASP is dedicated to preventing suicidal behavior, alleviating its effects, and providing a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and suicide survivors.
Older Adult Behavioral Health Coalition Resources – Staying Connected
Older Adult State/National Resources
Legacy Writing – Creative/Legacy Writing Manual – example
Efforts to leave a lasting legacy though multigenerational legacy projects are beneficial for all involved. Family bonds are strengthened (children, grandchildren, siblings), intergenerational solidarity is increased, and relationships between seniors and non-family-members who are helping are forged.
Legacy Writing – Writing for Receovery – Writing Exercises and Ideas
Efforts to leave a lasting legacy though multigenerational legacy projects are beneficial for all involved. Family bonds are strengthened (children, grandchildren, siblings), intergenerational solidarity is increased, and relationships between seniors and non-family-members who are helping are forged.
Legacy Writing – Leaving a Legacy: Exercises to Guide you Through the Creative Writing Process
Efforts to leave a lasting legacy though multigenerational legacy projects are beneficial for all involved. Family bonds are strengthened (children, grandchildren, siblings), intergenerational solidarity is increased, and relationships between seniors and non-family-members who are helping are forged.
Legacy Writing – A Guide to Leaving your mark through legacy writing and projects
Efforts to leave a lasting legacy though multigenerational legacy projects are beneficial for all involved. Family bonds are strengthened (children, grandchildren, siblings), intergenerational solidarity is increased, and relationships between seniors and non-family-members who are helping are forged.
Live Through This
A collection of stories and portraits of suicide attempt survivors, this visually compelling project was created by New York-based photographer and writer Dese’Rae L. Stage. Stage is a suicide-attempt survivor who wants to put personal stories, and the faces behind them, at the forefront of public consciousness to reduce stigma and show other survivors that they are not alone. Stage travels across the country collecting stories and taking photographs to provide comfort, hope, and a sense of community among survivors. She states on the website that it is her hope that the Live Through This project can serve as an educational tool to promote suicide awareness in a relatable and unique way. The Live Through This project also provides resources for suicide survivors and those who may have suicidal ideation, including information about warning signs, risk factors, and links to other helpful sites.