Provides home-based psychiatric assessment, treatment, and case management to clients over 65 years. Clients may have a psychiatric illness, and/or dementia with associated behaviours and are living in the defined catchment areas.
Eligibility
Live in the city of Greater Dandenong, Cardinia/Casey,Bayside, Kingston, Glen Eira (part), and Monash (part) local government areas.
Referrals
Referrals maybe made by:
- General Practitioners
- Â Self referral
- Â Aged Care Assessment Teams
- Â Council support services
- Â Family
Involvement maybe relatively brief, but in other circumstances the team may remain involved over a longer period of time, providing support to consumers and carers through extended periods of illness and life change.