This Canadian study looking at older patients presenting to EDs with suicidal ideation or attempt found most were female, arrived by ambulance from home, had poor social determinates of health, had a mental health history and attempts were by poisoning. Similar risk factors to other age groups. Mental health conditions donot tend to improve with age.
References
V. Boucher, A.-P. Gagnon, P.-A. Tardif, et al., “ Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Older Adults: Findings From Five Canadian Emergency Departments,” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2026): 1–10, https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70464.