A formal Memorandum of Understanding has been signed
between the Wakefield Regional Health Service and Aged Mental Health Care Services, Country Liaison Service for provision of services.
A monthly visiting consultation / liaison
service is provided by a Community Mental Health Nurse from Aged Mental Health Care Services, Country Liaison Service.
Clients are seen in their usual
place of residence, be it their own home or a residential care facility.
This service is provided across the entire
the Barossa region.
The visiting consultation/liaison service
mentioned above consists of an initial assessment, discussion of
this assessment with a Consultant Psychiatrist, conveying recommendations
back to the client's General Practitioner and assisting service
providers with formulating a management plan. Assistance with pre-admission
planning and subsequent discharge planning is also offered, should
a stay in a specialist inpatient unit [Howard House] be required.
The contribution of locally based generic
Community Health Staff [Occupational Therapists, Social Workers
etc.] is relied upon to supplement the specialist input of Aged Mental Health Care Services staff.
Regular access to a Consultant
Psychiatrist and other members of Aged Mental Health Care Services staff via videoconferencing is offered to supplement the visiting
services.
Service enquires can be directed through the Barossa Valley ACAT
- 85642996
To make a referral contact Mr Duncan McIntosh
- Telephone 83031381
A monthly visiting consultation
/ liaison service is provided by a Community Mental Health Nurse from
Aged Mental Health Care Services, Country Liaison Service.
Clients are seen in their usual
place of residence, be it their own home or a residential care facility.
The Community Mental Health Nurse is accompanied by a Psychiatrist
on every third month.
This service is provided across
the entire York Peninsula region.
The visiting consultation/liaison
service mentioned above consists of an initial assessment, discussion
of this assessment with a Consultant Psychiatrist, conveying recommendations
back to the clients General Practitioner and assisting service providers
with formulating a management plan. Assistance with pre-admission
planning and subsequent discharge planning is also offered, should
a stay in a specialist inpatient unit [Howard House] be required.
The contribution of locally
based generic Community Health Staff [Occupational Therapists, Social
Workers etc.] is relied upon to supplement the specialist input of
Aged Mental Health Care Services staff.
Regular access to a Consultant
Psychiatrist and other members of Aged Mental Health Care Services staff via videoconferencing is offered to supplement the visiting
services.
Service enquires can be directed through the Yorke Peninsula ACAT - 88233122
To make a referral contact Mr Duncan McIntosh
- Telephone 83031381
A monthly visiting consultation
/ liaison service is provided by a Community Mental Health Nurse from
Aged Mental Health Care Services, Country Liaison Service.
Clients are seen in their usual
place of residence, be it their own home or a residential care facility.
The Community Mental Health Nurse is accompanied by a Psychiatrist
on every third month.
This service is provided across
the entire Clare Valley region.
The visiting consultation/liaison
service mentioned above consists of an initial assessment, discussion
of this assessment with a Consultant Psychiatrist, conveying recommendations
back to the clients General Practitioner and assisting service providers
with formulating a management plan. Assistance with pre-admission
planning and subsequent discharge planning is also offered, should
a stay in a specialist inpatient unit [Howard House] be required.
The contribution of locally
based generic Community Health Staff [Occupational Therapists, Social
Workers etc.] is relied upon to supplement the specialist input of
Aged Mental Health Care Services staff.
Regular access to a Consultant
Psychiatrist and other members of Aged Mental Health Care Services staff via videoconferencing is offered to supplement the visiting
services.
Service enquires can be directed through the Lower North ACAT - 88426555
To make a referral contact Mr Duncan McIntosh
- Telephone 83031381
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