This web site is published by the Moak Center for Healthy Aging, a geriatric psychiatry practice in Westborough, Massachusetts.  The content for the Moak Aging and Mental Health Report and the articles in the Mental Health and Aging Resource Library comes from our day-to-day experience working with elderly patients and their families, and reflects what they tell us is important to them.

Contributing authors:

Daniel D’Andrea, M.D. - Dr. D’Andrea is a geriatric and adult psychiatrist. Dr. D’Andrea currently is on sabbatical.

 Connie Gardella, RNC, BSW - Connie Gardella is a geriatric psychiatry nurse with a  background in social work. Ms. Gardella’s areas of expertise include counseling patients and  their families on approaches to coping with symptoms, helping people understand their  medications and their side effects, and consulting with geriatric programs and facilities about  environmental and behavioral techniques.

Deborah Lebeaux, LICSW - Deborah Lebeaux is a licensed independent social worker and individual and family therapist. She has considerable experience helping patients and their families cope with the stressful effects of disabling conditions including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic pain, respiratory disease, and crippling arthritis.

Elizabeth H. Nasser, Ph.D. - Dr. Nasser is a clinical neuropsychologist with specialized training in geriatrics. She conducts neuropsychological assessments at the Moak Center.

 Cheryl Moak -  Cheryl Moak is owner of Moak Associates, a medical billing company that specializes  in geriatric mental health billing, providing services to geriatric psychiatrists and other mental health  specialists all over Massachusetts.