Doc type: Guideline
Doc No.: GL2006_013
Functional Group - Sub Group:
Clinical/ Patient Services - Mental Health
Clinical/ Patient Services - Aged Care
Summary
This plan is intended to guide the development of Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP) in Area Health Services across NSW over the next 10 years. Pressure on these specialist services will grow as the population ages and the number of older people with complex mental health problems increase. The Plan outlines the relevent policy, planning and demographic context, key mental health issues for older people, the broader service system of which SMHSOP are a part, and strategic priorities in older people's mental health. It defines the scope and functions of SMHSOP and outlines a SMHSOP service delivery model and implementation plan for the development of the model across NSW, together with a reporting, monitoring and evaluation framework.
Date of Publication: 30 August 2006
Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office
This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared, NSW Dept of Health
Audience: AHS mental health and aged care staff - clinical and administrative staff
Distributed to: Public Health System, Community Health Centres , Divisions of General Practice, Health Professional Associations and Related Organisations, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Public Hospitals, Private Nursing Homes, Tertiary Education Institutes
Review Date: 30 August 2011
File No: 05/6045-4
Status: Active
File link: Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP) - NSW Service Plan - 2005-2015
File size: 430Kb
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