Mental health is central to your health and wellbeing, including your ability to manage daily life challenges, social interactions, and your physical health.
Take action now! Sign the petition and join the campaign to ensure the new Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, acts quickly to fix this historic anomaly and give nursing home residents the same access to mental health services as everyone else.
ABS figures show the number of suicides for men aged 85 and over has increased 15% from 2010 to 2014, with a staggering rate of 2,864 suicides of older Australian men in 2014.
Existing divergences must be overcome, given the unanimity about the need to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older persons and the millions of older persons waiting for their human rights to become reality.
The working group brings together government agencies and their non-government partners to support the implementation of the Early Action: Queensland Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Action Plan 2015-17, through a focus on the mental health and wellbeing of older Queensland