Aged Community Mental Health
The Aged Community Mental Health service (also known as MAPS) forms part of the Aged Psychiatry service located at Caulfield Hospital. We provide mental health services, including outreach assessment, treatment and support to older adults, mostly over the age of 65 years living in the Inner South of Melbourne.
Clinical service overview
We can provide:
- Specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and management for many mental health problems
- Mental health case management to ensure complete and individual support
- Care coordination with GPs, other specialists and community organisations that provide services to aged persons
- Visits to clients in their place of residence, whether it is at home, an aged care home or supported residential service
- Collaboration to achieve personal recovery goals
- Support, information and referrals for family or carers and involvement in treatment decisions and planning
- Sensitivity to cultural and linguistically diverse communities (including qualified interpreters and bilingual staff)
- Education to clients, family, carers about living with mental health conditions
- Education to aged care homes, aged care agencies and Non-Government Organisations on how to work with clients with mental health conditions
We have a multi-disciplinary team that includes:
- Psychiatrist and psychiatry registrar
- Mental health nurse practitioner
- Mental health nurses
- Psychologists
- Occupational therapists
- Social workers
- Carer consultant to provide support for family and carers
Refer your patient
GP, specialist or self-referral
We accept referrals from GPs, specialists, health professionals, family, carers, case managers and patients.
- Referral phone (03) 9076 6012
- After hours 1300 363 746
Special referral instructions
Inclusion:
Over 65 years
Living in Inner South of Melbourne, including the councils of Port Phillip, Stonnington and most of Glen Eira