scholarly journals Mental health service discrimination against older people

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Anderson ◽  
Peter Connelly ◽  
Richard Meier ◽  
Cherie McCracken
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Information Request ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
The Face ◽  
Equality Of Access

Aims and methodTo provide a picture of availability and equality of access to mental health services for older people prior to the Equality Act. In 2010, a questionnaire was sent to health commissioners in England, Scotland and Wales under a Freedom of Information request.ResultsOverall, 132 (76%) replied. Of 11 services, 7 were either unavailable or did not provide equality of access to older people in more than a third of commissioning areas. When provided by specialist older people's mental health, services were more often considered to ensure equality.Clinical implicationsIncreasing need resulting from an ageing population is unlikely to be met in the face of current inequality. Inequality on the basis of age is the result of government policy and not the existence of specialist services for older people. Single age-inclusive services may create indirect age discrimination. Availability alone is insufficient to demonstrate equality of access. Monitoring the effects of legislation must take this into account.

scholarly journals Service innovations

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (09) ◽  
pp. 346-348
Author(s):  
Chris Simpson ◽  
Prasanna De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Multi Disciplinary Team

The increase in older people in the UK will increase the need for mental health services to run efficient, high-quality services. Multi-disciplinary team assessments, although not new, provide a method of increasing the capacity to see referrals. Two similar systems of multi-disciplinary team assessments from North Yorkshire are reported with evidence of improvement in quality.

scholarly journals CHEAF (Child Health and Education Assessment Forum): a multi-disciplinary powwow for children

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Williams ◽  
Barry Wright ◽  
Rob Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Health Advisory ◽  
Education Assessment ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Advisory Service ◽  
Specialist Services

It has been recommended that child and adolescent mental health services operate on four tiers (NHS Health Advisory Service, 1995). Tier three represents specialist teams, where professionals work together to provide specialist services. Since additional resources have not been forthcoming to support such developments, existing teams frequently restructure themselves in order to operate in this way. One way of rationalising existing resources effectively is to establish interagency links so that multi-disciplinary working is not limited by professional boundaries. This can occur across as well as within teams.

scholarly journals Opening up while locking down: how an Irish independent sector mental health service is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
Paul Fearon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
The Face ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Do So

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a particular set of challenges for health services. Some of these are common across all services (e.g. strategies to minimise infections; timely testing for patients and staff; and sourcing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)) and some are specific to mental health services (e.g. how to access general medical services quickly; how to safely deliver a service that traditionally depends on intensive face to face contact; how to isolate someone who does not wish to do so; and how to source sufficient PPE in the face of competing demands for such equipment). This paper describes how St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS) chose to address this unfolding and ever-changing crisis, how it developed its strategy early based on a clear set of objectives and how it adapted (and continues to adapt) to the constantly evolving COVID-19 landscape.

Improving Mental Health Services for Older People

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hall ◽  
Helen Waldock ◽  
Chris Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People

Developing a Vision for Therapists Working within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Poised or Paused for Action?

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Harrison ◽  
Kirsty Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The Face ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Practice Development

This opinion piece invites a professional debate on the organisation of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) occupational therapy in order to deliver the modernisation agenda while sustaining its excellent record for practice development and innovation. In the face of such challenges, there needs to be reflection on whether CAMHS occupational therapy is ‘poised’ or ‘paused’ for action and what strategies would tackle existing challenges and support its growth. The piece puts forward a potential vision involving occupation-focused theory and developing academic and practice partnerships in order to ensure that children with mental health difficulties access occupation-focused, theory-driven and evidence-based occupational therapy services.

Old age mental health services in England: implementing the National Service Framework for Older People

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Tucker ◽  
Robert Baldwin ◽  
Jane Hughes ◽  
Susan Benbow ◽  
Andrew Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Service Framework

Providing Mental Health Services to Older People Living in Rural Communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 349-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan V. Kaufman ◽  
Forrest R. Scogin ◽  
Louis D. Burgio ◽  
Martin P. Morthland ◽  
Bryan K. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People
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