Older People
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
provides specialist mental health services for older people with
illnesses such as severe depression, severe anxiety, Alzheimer’s
disease and schizophrenia. A Recovery Care Plan Approach
(RCPA) has been adopted to emphasise the involvement of people
receiving services and the promotion of independence and wellbeing,
so people can remain in their own homes wherever
possible.
The multi-disciplinary community service work
closely with service users, carers, the voluntary sector (eg
Alzheimer’s Society) and the Local Authority and Primary Care
Trust, to develop Care Plans to meet service users and carers
individual support needs.
The service targets work with service users
with:
- severe and complex mental health
problems
- a less severe degree of problem where there
are risk behaviours or complex dynamics requiring specialist
intervention
- marked behavioural difficulties as a
consequence of mental health problems
- complex family/carer situations requiring
specialist intervention.
The Teams access packages of care (eg home
care / home support / respite, etc) via the County Council Adult
Social Care Service, and arrange Direct Payments and individual
packages to support older people with mental health problems to
maintain their independence in the community, and to access long
term care where necessary and appropriate.
Somerset Dementia Strategy
NHS Somerset is seeking your views on improving dementia
services in Somerset.
Their consultation process is designed to enable patients,
carers, members of the public, staff, partner organisations and
stakeholders to give their views on the draft Somerset Dementia
Strategy.
Your feedback will be used to inform the emerging Somerset
Dementia Strategy and the key priorities.
If you would like a copy of the draft Somerset Dementia Strategy
please telephone 01935 385020 and give your
name, telephone number and the address to which you would like it
to be sent. an electronic version can be found on the NHS
Somerset website at www.somerset.nhs.uk/dementia.
The engagement process will finish on Monday 12 October
2009 and replies must be returned to NHS Somerset by this
date.
Please forward your comments to:
FREEPOST RRKL-XKSC-ACSG
Dementia Engagement
patient Experience Team
NHS Somerset
Wynford House
Lufton Way
Yeovil
Somerset BA22 8HR
or e-mail: dementia@somerset.nhs.uk
Thank you.
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