The Exploration of the Old-age Mental Health Service Mode——Practice and Analysis from the Community Level

Mental health problems are prominent problems in the process of population aging.It is a critical social issue to help the old population improve their quality of life(QOL).Mental health,as an essential aspect of QOL,should attract enough attention.The paper firstly introduces the serious situation of Chinese old people's mental health from several aspects,including depression,anxiety,loneliness,suicide,cognitive recession and dementia.The high demand of mental health Mental health problems are prominent problems in the process of population aging. It is a critical social issue to help the old population improve their quality of life(QOL). Mental health, as an essential aspect of QOL, should attract enough attention. The paper fi rstly introduces the serious situation of Chinese old people's mental health from several aspects, including depression, anxiety, loneliness, suicide, cognitive recession and dementia. The high demand of mental health and low level of psychological support are the mainly problems in mental health services at present. Under the background, the paper tries to discuss the mental health service modes for the elderly. NGO plays an important role in implementing and carrying out the policies and guidelines of establishing the mental health service system for the elderly. At last, the paper references the practical experiences of an NGO organization called Cun Cao Chun Hui in mental health services, and analyzes the mental health service modes for the elderly in different institutions.