In his ceremony speech, Kleinman addressed several issues and advocated engagement from everybody to ensure that people with mental health problems can live with dignity.
Among other things, Americare Companies CEO Elly Kleinman pointed that worldwide around 15% of people over 60 suffer from mental disorders, and as the population over 60 increases, the number of older people with mental health problems is estimated to increase by a third over the next 15 years.
He also predicted in one of his articles that the largest increase will be seen in the rise of the numbers of people with depression, but there will also be significant increases in the number of people with dementia.
Isolating our senior citizens leads to serious mental consequences, stressed Kleinman highlighting the need to communicate with them on a regular basis.
Participating in mental health activities, developing personal relationships and maintaining a healthy body are some of the most important factors for being mentally healthy. In order to prevent mental disorders among the elderly, Elly called for further engagement of the senior citizens in everyday life as well as helping them maintain a healthy lifestyle.
As Elly Kleinman outlined this year's campaign initial aim was to achieve the established goals by encouraging people to take personal ownership of their own mental health and wellbeing. According to Kleinman, this can be achieved by focusing on a simple, personal mental health promises that can be made by anyone, regardless of their own mental health.
Among other things, Americare Companies CEO Elly Kleinman pointed that worldwide around 15% of people over 60 suffer from mental disorders, and as the population over 60 increases, the number of older people with mental health problems is estimated to increase by a third over the next 15 years.
He also predicted in one of his articles that the largest increase will be seen in the rise of the numbers of people with depression, but there will also be significant increases in the number of people with dementia.
Isolating our senior citizens leads to serious mental consequences, stressed Kleinman highlighting the need to communicate with them on a regular basis.
Participating in mental health activities, developing personal relationships and maintaining a healthy body are some of the most important factors for being mentally healthy. In order to prevent mental disorders among the elderly, Elly called for further engagement of the senior citizens in everyday life as well as helping them maintain a healthy lifestyle.
As Elly Kleinman outlined this year's campaign initial aim was to achieve the established goals by encouraging people to take personal ownership of their own mental health and wellbeing. According to Kleinman, this can be achieved by focusing on a simple, personal mental health promises that can be made by anyone, regardless of their own mental health.
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