IPA Mission & Focus

IPA Mission

The mission of IPA is to improve the mental health of older people everywhere through education, research, professional development, advocacy, health promotion, and service development.

Strategic Focus

•         Organizational Capacity.  Maintain a strong organization that develops and provides valued products and services to its membership.

•         Professional Competency. Ensure members have the competencies, skills, and professionalism to be successful within the Psychogeriatric Field.

•         Diverse Member Community.  Model IPA’s structure and function as an inclusive organization and which provides value to each of its constituencies through the regional, professional, age, gender and ethnic diversity of IPA membership, leadership, and affiliate organizations

•         Healthcare Catalyst. Foster collaboration, and promote standards of care that advance, and are recognized in, the mental health care of older people worldwide.

IPA…Better Mental Health for Older People