Author(s)

Romy Nehme, Lama R. Bazzi, Christina P. C. Borba, Zeina N. Chemali

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals, Cleveland, USA.

Between crisis and opportunity, old age has many faces in Lebanon. While old age was first seen as a time of wisdom, the current trend accentuated by migration and the economic crisis sets a challenge for the Lebanese elder; they may be left behind unless something is done in all communities at a national level. In this short communication, we attempt to broaden the scope of thinking about training programs to target population-shift and create a true change. We reflect on our results as an intermediate outcome of public health interventions. We suggest that it may be worthwhile to evaluate population-shifts further and base the success of an intervention on measures of Health Related Quality of Life through the response-shift created by such national public health programs.

Capacity Building, Public Health, Elderly, Training, Quality of Life

Nehme, R. , Bazzi, L. , Borba, C. and Chemali, Z. (2014) From Crisis to Opportunity and Back Again: Is There a Response Shift at the Population-Level regarding Geriatric Training in Lebanon?. Advances in Aging Research, 3, 109-112. doi: 10.4236/aar.2014.32017.