Older People's Mental Health
Resource Library
The resource
library was requested by regional mental health commissioners. It
consists of eleven sections lookiong at different subject areas, these
are;
- Day Services and Day Hospital Provision
- Inpatient Services
- Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams
- Community Mental Health Teams (Older People)
- Psychiatric Liaison Services
- General Practice
- Psychological Services
- Care Home Liaison
- Support for Carers
- Transitions
- General Commissioning Guidance
It can usefully be read alongside the 2007 CSIP document 'Everybody's Business'. It aims to be a 'first port of call' for information on contemporary thinking in older people's mental health services and can support the refresh of older people's mental health strategy documents. Each of the thematic areas is broken down into three sections, key ideas, a case study and a section on further reading.
A copy of the document in PDF format is available here
Our work on Older People's Mental Health built upon previous work in promoting implementation of 'Everybody's Business' and associated matters.
The work has been in the following service areas :
- supporting the development of joint commissioning to deliver better outcomes and a wider mixed economy of provision;
- engagement with the housing and extra care providers to support this essential component of community care;
- facilitating improvements in commissioning for older people's mental health services, which includes early onset dementia services and promotion of a wider engagement with the Older People's Mental Health Collaborative;
- further dissemination of the suicide prevention in elders initiative via local and national development activity.
The emphasis has been on engagement with local multi disciplinary teams to support agreed service improvements.
A Collective Responsibility to Act Now
Suicide and Older Adults Discussion Paper
An evidence based discussion that assists health and social care providers and policy makers in primary, secondary and tertiary settings in response to at-risk suicidal behaviour in the older person.
A further benefit is to promote a wider awareness of the problem of suicide in older people amongst community opinion formers and the media.
The focus is on older people who come into contact with health and social care providers, voluntary and community organisations (including faith based groups) in a variety of settings including hospitals, health centres, clinics, home health care, nursing and rest homes, and church groups.
Download a copy of the discussion paper (pdf, 340kb)