Clinical Geropsychology and Primary Care: Progress and Prospects

Attitude, knowledge, and skill competencies for practice in professional geropsychology: Implications for training and building a geropsychology workforce.

“…Geropsychologists should be competent to provide services to older adults across a range of clinical, community, or residential settings and be aware of distinct issues that arise in these settings. The Pikes Peak model recommends that geropsychologists be able to deliver services in at least two of the following settings: outpatient mental health services; outpatient primary care/medical settings (Arean & Ayalon, 2005; Haley, 2005); inpatient medical service; inpatient psychiatric service; long-term care settings including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care, day programs (Lichtenberg et al, 1998; Molinari, 2000; Rosowsky, Casciani, & Arnold, 2008); rehabilitation settings (Lichtenberg, MacNeill, Frank, & Elliott, 2000; Lichtenburg & MacNeill, 2003); hospice (Haley, Larson, Kasl-Godley, Neimeyer, & Kwilosz, 2003); community-based programs (Bruce, Van Citters, & Bartels, 2005; Sullivan, Kessler, Le Clair, Stolee, & Berta, 2004); forensic settings (Moye, Karel, Armesto, & Goldstein, 2007; Moye, Wood, et al, 2007); home (Scogin et al, 2007; Steinman et al, 2007); and research settings (Arean, Alvidrez, Nery, Estes, & Linkins, 2003; Burns, Nichols, Martindale-Adams, Graney, & Lummus, 2003).…”