"Mental Health Has Been Left Behind": A Qualitative Exploration of stakeholders' Perceptions of Older adults' Mental Well-Being Needs and Services in a Colombian Displaced Community

Caprioli, Thais, Zuluaga-Callejas, Maria Isabel, Gabbay, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-8485, Saldarriaga-Ruiz, Gabriel, Castano-Pineda, Yeferson, Montoya, Erika Maria, Robertson, Andrew and Giebel, Clarissa ORCID: 0000-0002-0746-0566 (2025) "Mental Health Has Been Left Behind": A Qualitative Exploration of stakeholders' Perceptions of Older adults' Mental Well-Being Needs and Services in a Colombian Displaced Community CLINICAL GERONTOLOGIST, 48 (5). pp. 1282-1293. ISSN 0731-7115, 1545-2301

Text REVISIONS_stakeholder_manuscript_20240909.docx - Author Accepted Manuscript Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (128kB)

Abstract

Objectives: Many older Colombians have been exposed to violence. This study sought to explore stakeholders’ perceptions of older adults’ mental well-being needs and mental well-being service provision within a Colombian displaced community. Methods: Employing an exploratory qualitative design, semi-structured and in-depth interviews were conducted with stakeholders of health, public health and welfare services between October 2021-June 2022. Two public advisors were involved in devising the topic guide, which elicited information on older adults’ mental well-being needs and service provision. Interviews were conducted in Spanish, transcribed verbatim and translated into English. Data were analyzed by an inductive thematic analysis. Results: Thirteen stakeholders were interviewed. Three themes were generated: 'older adults' unmet well-being needs;’ characterizing the provision of mental well-being services; and barriers and facilitators to increasing the provision of mental well-being services. Older adults experienced considerable mental well-being needs. While stakeholders’ motivation to address unmet needs appeared high, service provision seemed limited and fragmented, hamstrung by insufficient resources. Conclusions: Older adults in this community are underserved. Greater priority and resources, need to be allocated to mental well-being services. Clinical implications: Greater and widely accessible resources, human and financial, are required to further expand the current provision of mental well-being services.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Colombia, LMIC, mental health, mental health services, older adults
Divisions:	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2024 09:58
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 07:05
DOI:	10.1080/07317115.2025.2467921
Related Websites:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3188920
Disclaimer:	The University of Liverpool is not responsible for content contained on other websites from links within repository metadata. Please contact us if you notice anything that appears incorrect or inappropriate.