Janet Frank, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, has been awarded a $400,000 grant by California's Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
Frank is primarily interested in geriatrics and her research focuses on program evaluation and the implementation of more effective healthy aging programs.
“Research has shown that the proportion of older adults suffering with mental illness is higher than that of the general population, but that many who could benefit are not receiving treatment," she said.
Frank and her research team will utilize the grant to track the statewide progress of the health system of care for older adults with serious mental illness since California’s Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) was put into effect in 2004.
"The Commission looks forward to working with UCLA to assess statewide progress made in implementing a system of care for older adults with mental illness so that methods to further progress in this area can be identified," said Renay Bradley, the commission's director of research and evaluation.
Read the full announcement at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
