The Resilience of Our Elders : Heidi Bryan and Dr. Yeates Conwell Ep 21

In many societies we are predominantly youth-focused and overlook the healthcare and policy needs of our elders. This ageist perspective often leads to cultural scripts that prevent us from listening better to alleviate suffering and increase reasons for living, and ultimately help us all live well into our golden years. In the podcast our panel includes two experts a leading researcher of geriatric psychiatry and a co-founder of United Survivors Suicide International who has tremendous experience in many national board positions leveraging the perspectives of people with lived expertise. Together they bring sound research and stories about the resilience of our elders — their life satisfaction and happiness and tactics to ward off the 5 D’s of suicide risk: Depression, Disease, Disability, Disconnection and Deadly means.Together they passionately advocate for age-friendly health systems and communities, especially more providers with specialties in working with elders. Together let’s shift the attitude and appreciate more for the value our elders, “When we lose an older person, we lose a library.”Heidi Bryan.jpegAbout Heidi BryanHeidi is a suicide attempt survivor who also lost her brother to suicide. She has been working in the suicide prevention field since 1998 as an advocate, QPR Master Trainer, speaker, and author. Heidi founded Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council in 1998 which is now known as Prevent Suicide Pennsylvania. She served on the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Suicide Attempt Survivor Task Force, and is currently on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Consumer Survivor Committee.About Dr. Yeates ConwellYeates Conwell.JPGYeates Conwell, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry at the University ofRochester School of Medicine and Dentistry,where he is Director of the URMedical Center¹s Office for Aging Research and Health Services andCo-Director of the UR Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide. Heis immediate past president of the American Foundation for SuicidePrevention and chair of its Scientific Council. Dr. Conwell received hismedical training at the University of Cincinnati and completed hisPsychiatry Residency and a Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at YaleUniversity School of Medicine. In addition to teaching and service systemdevelopment, Dr. Conwell maintains a clinical practice with older adultsand directs an inter-disciplinary program of research in aging, mentalhealth services, and suicide prevention.. For more information on this and every episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/21