New York’s John A. Hartford Foundation Finds That Older Adults Face Gaps In Mental Health Care

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Older Americans' primary care doctors are skimping on mental health care services, and that might increase the risk that the seniors will suffer serious general health problems as a result of untreated mental illness. Analysts at the John A. Hartford Foundation gave that assessment earlier this month when they released the results from a mental health survey of about 1,300 U.S. adults ages 65 and over. About five percent to eight percent of the people a survey team polled said they suffered from conditions such as nervousness, uncontrollable worrying or depression "nearly . . .