Well, I've been wandering around in netland and I can tell you there's a heck of a lot of relevant information out there. Not, however, in the particular form or shape I'm looking for. So it looks like a do-it-yourself project. I'm trying to find information relevant to motivating seniors with some form of mental illness to change sometimes life-long habits with the understanding that such seniors have shorter time-horizons than the younger people to whom most health-promoting advice is addressed.

Obviously, what it comes down to in the end is this: will such-and-such a behavioral change, undertaken in the face of my mental misery, either (a) extend my life and if so by how much, and/or (b) make what remains of my life simply more enjoyable by giving me more "quality of life" (continued mobility, clearmindedness, and fewer aches and pains). I.e., do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of giving up the daily crutches of substances, unhealthy foods and sedentary living?

While it's not all that terribly hard to find information on any single item involved in the thinking described in the preceding paragraph, I haven't as of yet found anything that even tries to link all these things together. It's possible (just possible, neither necessary nor likely) that even mentally troubled seniors are too diverse a group about which to make easy generalizations. I don't know. If I find out, I'll tell you. Take care!