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Older Adult Mental Health Needs Team - Worcestershire
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Our service is usually for people aged 65 or over and we aim to support patients’ adjustment and recovery from moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The service supports patients and their families with complex later life mental health problems, associated with; declining physical health, sensory and cognitive impairment and required particular social, psychological and medical expertise.
- Service Manager Lead: Margaret Shannon (North), Mike Fowler (South)
- Address: New Haven, Princess of Wales Community Hospital, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0BB
- Reception phone number: 01527 488279
- Service hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
About the service
The service is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team which include mental health nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers, consultant psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. Our service is for:
- Patients who have been seen by the referrer within the last 72 hours or 3 working days for routine referrals or within 24 hours for urgent referrals.
- Patients over the age of 65 presenting with moderate to severe unmet mental health needs (e.g. severe depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder etc).
- Complex and/or severe mental health needs with increased frailty or complex, co-morbid physical health conditions. Frailty can be described as having a lack of resilience to small changes in health and is often associated with social isolation, a greater risk of falls, those who have experienced multiple losses and those who are dependent on others for care.
- Urgent and routine referrals.
- Is a time limited service, working towards specific goals on a needs led basis, at which point, the person would be discharged back to primary care.
- Accepts referrals for people living in their own home, in care homes and in nursing homes. However, the service to nursing homes will be limited to what would be considered above and beyond the expectations of registered nurses within the nursing home.
- Patients who have been referred for support with anti-depressants or medication for anxiety, where treatment within primary care has not been successful.
We do not accept self-referrals. GPs refer to our service via our Mental Health SPA WHCNHS.AMHReferrals@nhs.net. For urgent referrals within 24 hours, via SPA on 01905681477.
Interventions
We offer a range of interventions for patients and their families/ carers including;
- Solutions focused approaches
- Family work
- Psychological groups and individual work
- Carers groups
Team Base
We are a countywide service but our main base for contact is;
New Haven, Princess of Wales Community Hospital, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0BB
Telephone number - 01527488279