Our PI, Dr. Jo Anne Sirey, is quoted on an article in Next Avenue, an aging-focused news site for her experience with the PEARLS program along with other initiatives that strive to reduce barriers to treatments and interventions any older adults experience due to limited access and sitgma surrounding mental health supports.
Identifying how some older population's desire to be independent can be negative influenced by depression, Dr. Sirey identifies one advantage of programs like PEARLS as that they can bring the services to clients in need instead of the other way around where more challenges surface.
Similar to PEARLS, the Sirey lab also delivers services to older adults in New York Ciry through programs like Do More Feel Better (English and Spanish), PROTECT, and TRIO, and the older population can access mental health help in the community through senior centers or at the comfort of their homes virtually.