With guest experts Dr. Laura Leone, Lyn Legere, and Karen Gross
Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW is a consultant for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. She has worked in the behavioral and integrated health field providing organizational leadership and direct services across the lifespan, including for older adults. Having published, trained, and consulted nationally, Dr. Leone has extensive subject matter expertise in health and wellness, including in Aging with Mental Health challenges.
Lyn Legere has lived a life in many chapters, including living as a "mental patient" and building a life in recovery. Now, at 70, she is in a new chapter, navigating life that, in part, includes consequences of the past and recovery tools to thrive.
Karen Gross has been an advocate and caregiver for an older sibling who experiences severe mental health challenges. Now that her sibling is 72, she wants more help for his care but is very weary of governmental services that might diminish the quality of his life in exchange for what a system deems mandatory.
S.I.L.V.E.R. AMAs are not presentations, but rather hour-long interactive question & answer webinars with an expert in aging with a psychiatric disability. Regardless of whether you are a person living with a mental health condition, a family member, an administrator of a service, a provider, a researcher — people from anywhere get answers to their questions.
AMA-S webinars are also available as podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube Music
This event was supported by funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this project do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
