Future-Proofing Geriatric Mental Health Care Services in India: Training and Policy Directions.
Sharad PhilipGopi V GajeraP Lakshmi NirishaPalanimuthu Thangaraju SivakumarBarikar Chandrappa MalatheshPraveen PandeyPatley RahulRakesh Chander KalaivananPreeti SinhaChethan BasavarappaNarayana ManjunathaChannaveerachari Naveen KumarSuresh Bada MathPublished in: Indian journal of psychological medicine (2021)
Various aspects of the ongoing demographic transitions are considered alongside available health information. Legislative mandates and laws are also reviewed to provide context to qualify the action points and recommendations. Recommendations, India must act urgently to strengthen health care delivery systems in a concurrent multipronged approach. These efforts should focus on developing trained Human Resources and adequate infrastructural resources. Review mechanisms to inform on required updates on best practices and evidence-based medicine must also be incorporated and developed to perform periodically.
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