Suicide Thoughts and Behaviour in Later Life

Trish Hafford-Letchfield; Helen Gleeson; Toby Ellmers; Susan Rasmussen; Nicola Cogan; Jolie Goodman; Jeffrey Hanna

Suicide Thoughts and Behaviour in Later Life

Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Helen Gleeson, Toby Ellmers, Susan Rasmussen, Nicola Cogan, Jolie Goodman, Jeffrey Hanna

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Abstract

This Insight is targeted at Practitioners who work with older people and may want to know more about how to address suicidal thought and behaviour in this population, Specialist suicide prevention providers who are interested in tailoring their existing services for people in later life (by ‘later life’ we mean people aged 65 years or older). It summarises the key messages from the research evidence and emerging themes on how to improve recognition, responsiveness, and access to support.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Number of pages	21
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2023

Keywords

ageing
suicide thought
suicide behaviour
social care
suicide prevention

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