---
url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/age-friendly-healthcare-you/care-mind'
title: 'Care for the Mind'
author:
  name: 'lauren kopchik'
  url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/user/97'
date: '2018-11-14T19:43:44+00:00'
updated: '2019-09-26T11:34:03+00:00'
type: landing_page
summary: 'Staying mentally sharp and managing mental health can help us live longer and hopefully healthier lives. That’s why expert attention to the Mind—one of the “Ms” of geriatrics and age-friendly care—is such an important part of our well-being. Focusing on the Mind means supporting our brain health and managing unique conditions like dementia, delirium, and depression, which can affect our ability to think clearly and make decisions.'
published: true
---
##  [Care for the Mind](/age-friendly-healthcare-you/care-mind)

Staying mentally sharp and managing mental health can help us live longer and hopefully healthier lives. That’s why expert attention to **Mentation (or the Mind)**—one of the “Ms” of geriatrics and age-friendly care—is such an important part of our well-being.

Focusing on Mentation/the Mind means supporting our brain health and managing unique conditions like dementia, delirium, and depression, which can affect our ability to think clearly and make decisions.

 These resources cover supporting age-friendly care for some of the mental health concerns important to older adults.

- [Anxiety](/a-z-topic/anxiety "Anxiety")
- [Delirium](/a-z-topic/delirium "Delirium")
- [Dementia](/a-z-topic/dementia "Dementia")
- [Depression](/a-z-topic/depression "Depression")
- [Hearing Loss](/a-z-topic/hearing-loss "Hearing Loss")