Mental health
Non-acute specialist mental health community services
Wellington, Hutt
Older adult / Kaumātua
GP, DHB clinical services
Referrals for an initial assessment in the community are usually facilitated by a person’s GP through either the Care Coordination Centre (the Needs Assessment and Service Coordination agency run by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley by the Nurse Maude organisation).
The Mental Health Service Older Persons (MHSOP) is predominantly a community based service.
The MHSOP provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to:
It is important that the person’s physical health has been considered and that delirium or other medical illnesses have been managed or excluded.
There are some people referred with complex physical and mental health needs where co-management across more than one specialty service may be needed. The Mental Health Service Older Persons service works in close collaboration with other service providers to identify the best ways of achieving this.
The Mental Health Service Older Persons (MHSOP) is located at Te Whare Ra Uta on the Kenepuru Community Hospital campus.
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