The Mental Health & Aging Project (MHAP), funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, is a grant program at Lansing Community College.
Since 1985, the project has offered education, training, and consultation for clinicians in Michigan's community mental health (CMH) system who provide services for older adults. The project also assists individuals in the aging network and other service systems who work with older adults with mental illness, dementia, and/or developmental disabilities in a wide variety of settings.
Mental Health and Aging Conference
Mental Health and Aging Conference - May 14-15, 2024
The 35th Michigan Mental Health and Aging Conference will be held May 14-15, 2024, at The Kellogg Center at Michigan State University. We look forward to seeing you there!
Book Lists
The Mental Health & Aging Project operates a lending library of books for CMH clinicians and other human service professionals who work with older adults and their families.
The following guides have been compiled from a larger collection of 600 titles.
Books are sent free via mail, and borrowers pay a small fee for postage and insurance to return the books. To borrow a book from these lists or to learn about other MHAP resources and services, contact Alicia Hostetler at hosteta3@lcc.edu or call her at (517) 483-1526.
PDF File Guide to Books on Assessment and Intervention
PDF File Guide to Books on Dementia
PDF File Guide to Books on Mental Health
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Pictures are Public Domain Images from the Multimedia Gallery of the Administration
on Aging (AOA).
Caring Sheets
- PDF File Download a list of all caring sheets.
- PDF File Caring Sheet #1: The Healthy Brain and Cognition: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #2: Brain Changes and the Effects on Cognition: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #4: Moving Persons with Dementia? Suggestions for the Physical Environment: D. deLaski-Smith
- PDF File Caring Sheet #5: Moving Persons with Dementia? Suggestions for Family and Staff to Ease the Way: L. Struble & D. deLaski-Smith
- PDF File Caring Sheet #6: Moving Persons with Dementia? Tips Regarding Behaviors to Ease the Way: L. Struble
- PDF File Caring Sheet #7: The Bedroom: Suggestions for the Physical Environment: D. deLaski-Smith
- PDF File Caring Sheet #8: The Bathroom: Suggestions for the Physical Environment: D. deLaski-Smith
- PDF File Caring Sheet #9: Resources: The Physical Environment: D. deLaski-Smith
- PDF File Caring Sheet #10: Communicating with Health Care Providers: A. Wittle & S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #11: Alzheimer’s Disease: A Summary of Information & Intervention Suggestions: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #12: Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Summary of Information & Interventions: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #13: Frontotemporal Dementia: A Summary of Information & Interventions: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #14: Helping with Daily Tasks: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #17: Safety after Hip Surgery: Tips for Preventing Complications: B. Atchison
- PDF File Caring Sheet #18: Transferring Persons with Dementia: D. Dirette
- PDF File Caring Sheet #19: Intervention Suggestions for Frontal Lobe Impairment: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #21: Questions about a Person's Cognition: An Assessment checklist: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #22: Questions about the Environment: An Assessment checklist: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #23: Questions about Caregiving: An Assessment checklist: S. Weaverdyck
- PDF File Caring Sheet #24: Questions about the Task & Daily Routines: An Assessment checklist: S. Weaverdyck
Meaningful Connections
"Developing Meaningful Connections with People with Dementia: A Training Manual" is a resource on dementia education for direct care workers. The primary goal is to
provide staff trainers throughout long term care with step-by-step instruction and
materials to educate direct care workers on knowledge about dementia and ways to enhance
their care of persons with dementia.
The packet includes the manual with content and instructions for presentations, classroom
exercises, case studies and discussions. Effective and interactive training strategies
are included in the manual, which is aligned with the Dementia Competencies Guide
of the Michigan Dementia Coalition. An accompanying CD with photos, handouts and PowerPoint
slides and a DVD of vignettes are included.
A Federal Community Mental Health Block Grant funded the update and production of
the manual. The materials may be copied for widespread use.
Mental Health & Aging Project
Director
Alicia M. Hostetler
Email: hosteta3@lcc.edu
Phone: (517) 483-1526